Man that kid had a heck of a reaction time. He was pretty much on top of it before he decided to do anything! And he still managed to miss it. Very surprising.

Given the choice, I'd choose to pass the head of a stretched out snake. I imagine the tail (or something close to it) like a pivot, with the mouth able to reach anywhere within the length of the snake around that pivot. Therefore passing 1 foot from the mouth is much safer than passing 1 foot from the tail.

Honestly though I'd probably bunny hop it if I didn't notice it 'till I was right on top of it.