Which Snake Species Should I Not Get Next?

[enginee837]

I am positive karma the snake was trying to bite him in the process.

Gotta love speak to text. Anyhow, I grew up on a pseudo farm in the desert of Phoenix Az. We had rattlesnakes of all kinds, bull snakes, king snakes, knight snakes etc. We used to use red racers to snake train our dogs. After 5 min with a red racer they would have enough bites on their nose that they would never mess with any snake let alone a rattlesnake ever again.
The instance I was referring to happened at work. We got a call for a snake removal. Snake was located in the garage of a residence. As usual it was reported as a rattlesnake. On arrival I saw the reddish gray tail sticking out from behind some boxes so I knew what it was.
The garage was pretty cool so I knew it would be more docile than usual and I did not want to chance harming it with the snake pole our firefighter had so I chose to tail it and put it in the bucket. I got it out of where it was and in the bucket rather uneventfully while everyone looked on in horror as I used my hands to pick up what they though was a venomous reptile. At this point we loaded it up in the engine and drove it across the street and out into the desert.
I knew after having some time to warm up it would be rather feisty so I instructed my firefighter to walk no less than 50 feet out, unscrew the bucket and kick it over facing away from him. Well he must have thought I was joking because he walked about 5 feet from the truck unscrewed the lid and dropped it at his feet. The rather large pissed off snake turned around and struck at him. He proceeded to let out a squeal that would have made a 3rd grade girl proud as he ran back to the truck. In typical coachwhip fashion it followed him in a periscoping Sprint biting at his heels. He got in the truck and closed the door just in time so it proceeded up into the undercarriage of the engine trying to get to him.