Ah yes. The classic tense black rat snake pose.
“I see you human- watch as I pretend to develop a thousand spinal kinks from looking at your face..”
I learned from my dad growing up that they do this so they don’t register as ‘snake’ to aerial predators.
“HOHOHOHO, MONSIEUR HAWK! YOU THINK I AM SNEK? Well would a SNEK….. look like THIS?!”
