A Rukai totem is the hundred-pace snake, so-called because it's said that if you're bitten, you can only walk about a hundred paces before you fall dead. But the Rukai people don't worship this snake; rather, they consider it their protector.
魯凱族以百步蛇為圖騰，不過族人不崇拜蛇，而是以「好朋友」稱呼百步蛇，認為它可以護衛族人。