WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE

Hognose snakes are harmless cowards who derive some degree of protection by resembling rattlesnakes.

WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE PLAYIN' POSSUM

When threatened, they may coil, beat their tails, and pretend to strike like rattlesnakes. If that fails, the next ploy is often to roll over and play dead.

HOGNOSE SNAKE DEFENSIVE COIL

If handled the hognose snake may roll up like an Arby's curly fry.

LEAVE ME ALONE. I'M DEAD

With a western hognose snake in "dead" mode, you can flip them upright and , zip, they flip back upside down again.