I'm not saying they'd approach a human, but they can sure lose their fight or flight programming. I have a few that I feel sure would be toast if escaped (and not because of mutations/standing out visually).
But yeah, a lot of snakes have escaped for a long, long time and been recovered. I found a Cal king over a year later back in the 90's. It had survived an Asheville blizzard winter, too. That snake was bitey and wild-natured though, which I'm sure didn't hurt.
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