Nah....I see more gators than snakes. No worries, Phyl.
Our second home was in a development just getting underway and although I knew there were a lot of snakes around, I didn't see too many. I did however rescue a young rattlesnake that was getting pommeled by a mocking bird in our cul-de-sac. I was so intent on rescuing the snake that I didn't realize it was a rattler until I walked to the field next door to set it down & heard this raspy, rattling noise. Instead of gently setting the snake down I kinda tossed him!
Three times we had snakes work their way into our garage and each time my "brave hunter" husband called me to get them out. Word about that was spread to my neighbors - who in turn called me as their "snake remover". All in all in 17 years I think there were a total of 5 or 6 snakes I retrieved. Only one was the rattler that I rescued.
Now....spiders & wasps? I'll use a whole can of Raid just to kill one of those. I HATE them. Red ants, too. Nothing kills a red ant hill like a big pot of boiling water!!!
Gators were in abundance in the lake behind our house. We only killed a few of them because the state would not. And, we only killed the ones that had no obvious fear of humans. The development was a gated community, therefore, we had to hire someone to catch and remove gators. Rick and one other neighbor were our gator "hitmen"!! It was illegal as hell to kill one without a permit - but like the state said - it's private property & we can't help you. Gator tail - lots of work to cut up...but GOOD EATS!!!