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A snake can only strike with authority within a distance of one- half its body length. So a distance of four feet or more will keep you safe. Give the snake time to go on its way. Remember, most snakes -- even venomous ones -- are not aggressive and would rather avoid a confrontation with people.
Vipers were thought to have the fastest strike of all snakes until researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette decided to test two different kinds of vipers along with the nonvenomous rat snake. They were all equally, and impressively, fast, the researchers reported in Biology Letters in March.