oh boy.....this snake reminds me of when I was a child.....my sisters were swimming by the shore in Muskoka - Portage Lake and the adults were on the shore screaming for us to get out of the water. My youngest sister didn't hear the warnings, so a man ran up to her along a dock and yelled "Look out little girl there is a snake behind you".!! She turned around and was face to face with the biggest snake I'd ever seen. It was perked up like a cobra!. Of course she screamed like a little girl and the man grabbed her out of the water. My mother was frozen on the shore because of her fear of snakes. She couldn't speak for a few hours. A few men chased the snake to some rocks along the shore and killed it. Why? I don't know but your pictures reminded me of this beastly snake. It was probably smaller than I remember but I was small then. Thankfully I did not inherit my mother's fear of snakes. I don't particularly love them but I am not afraid to look at them either. My sister? Oh ya, she's afraid of snakes and worms. She can't walk in the rain because of the worms on the sidewalk. Funny.

Love your curiosity though!