I wonder what kind of damage that snake would have done if you had started the boat before coming home...
I was riding my dirtbike about 3 years ago and saw a rattler in the road... Naturally I ran it over, the tire picked the son-bitch up and got him stuck between my frame/radiators and the front fender! So I'm trying to slow down and get the PHUCK away from the snake that is now striking at me can't get farther than the gas tank. Finally he withdraws too far after a strike and the spokes grazed his head. The snake is dazed, I drop the bike and grab his tail to pull him the hell off my bike. He starts striking at the bike again as soon as i grabbed his tail! I'm scared as shit my friends all get off their bikes and are wondering what the hell is going on. So now they're all standing behind me telling me not to get close to the damn things head. duh!
Finally I drop a rock on his head and get him loose, the whole time it's body is flailing around. It was stuck on my works connections radiator brace that had come loose... Good times.