Most of the venomous snakes bite pretty readily. |
Primarily snakes eat live prey, occasionally carrion – and they get used to it, if they are in captivity. |
Some snakes, as a defensive mechanism, will approach you as a bluff, but if you move away they'll lose interest – they won't chase you for any substantial distance. |
This is actually an area of high (snake) species diversity – probably the highest in the nation. |