That's one you gently guide onto a stick and just let it hang out while you watch it up close. I get it though, it's really tufty and looks like it might feel nice to pet.

I remember being pretty young and finding a little snake while with a friend and their brother. There was something wrong with it, and it wasn't extremely mobile, so we caught it and put it into a little bait tub for minnows. I picked it up a few times and just looked at it, let it slither through my hands. Well.. I came out there to find the damn thing full of holes one day. My friend's little brother had shot it several times with a bb gun, and I was absolutely distraught. Evidently it was a baby copperhead, so bullet dodged-- at least for me.