Red tail boa, they can be bitey but are non venomous. They're usually used as snakes in movies due to their docile nature when kept in captivity.

Can mongoose climb trees?

Very cool, I always wondered how they got into trees, we don’t have the tree climbing ones where I live.

'Archimedes would be so proud !!'

Nope.

Exactly!

On the ground is one thing, but I am not fucking with that snake while I'm up a tree.

Another reason to own a 12 gauge