A an overly dramatic Central Rat Snake I had to fish out of the cypress tree it jumped into when it saw me.
Took forever for me to have it move into a position where I could clearly grab it by the head so it couldn't get the chance to bite me (though that didn't stop it from trying)
Once caught, it thrashed and twisted around wildly and musked me a little but once it calmed down, it laid chill on my arm for a bit. Even letting me touch it's smooth scales, which it had definitely molted just recently.
Not sure if the camera caught it, but its scales were beautifully but subtly irridescent!
So after marveling this beautiful male, I took him into the woods nearby and released him with zero trouble under a fallen tree branch full of leaves.