All this talk of food crazy snakes, reminds me of a mangrove snake I had when I was young, the thing was about 6ft long and had a 5ft reach when it struck.... I used to use a garbage can lid as a riot shield when I Fed it rats from one of those grippy reaching sticks you can use to get stuff off upper shelves. I still remember the metal clang of it smacking against the shield on the days when it wanted to kill me more than it wanted food.