Mal hit the high points about pigs so I'll focus on snakes. The only poisonous snakes in AL are the copperhead and rattlesnake (both vipers), neither of which are particularly fond of humans. If you're in an area that's been consistently lived in for several years (i.e. not in a new development carved out of the woods), the snakes will have most likely vacated the premises. Coral snakes are even more shy than these two, and in all my years of stopping across the Southeast as an active kid and boy scout, I never saw one outside a zoo. Copperheads, rattlesnakes and water mocasins are all over the place, but I never saw a coral snake.
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Your best chance to completely avoid snakes, however, is to lobby the University of Alabama to get rid of the football program altogether. Go Vols!
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