Rattlesnakes sightings being reported earlier than normal

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Reptile experts are reporting an uptick in rattlesnake sightings for this time of the year in the North Bay. Experts say climate change is partly to blame.

"With it being less rainy this year, and a little warmer, we’ve had earlier calls this year," said Al Wolf, director of non-profitLast week, Janet Keane of Clayton bumped into a baby rattlesnake in Mount Diablo State Park, while hiking with her husband.It's only the second time the couple has ever spotted a rattlesnake.

"I thought where there’s a baby, there’s gonna be a momma, and maybe other siblings so we were like I think this is the end of our day," said Keane. Over the last few weeks, more and more people have been taking to social media to post about rattlesnake sightings. Experts say"If we don’t get a change in our weather, we’re going to have them in October, November, and December, so almost all year long," said Wolf.

But professional snake catcher Luis Fraser of Reptile Removal says the pandemic has also likely played a role in ratcheting up rattler sightings. "With more people coming back to their homes to work and not being in the office and the city that much, people tend to come across them more since they’re at home," said Fraser."If you’re going to an area that hasn’t been active for a while then you want to be concerned about that. If you’re in your yard that you use all the time, it’s much less likely that a snake is going to go into that area," said Fraser.

 

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inspectorplanet

Climate change is a religion. In the 80s, they told all of us we would be dead by now from the hole in the ozone. You can’t take minute data and extrapolate over billions of years. That’s not science.

Good eating, yes they are.

They are so cool to see in Nature but not fun to walk up on with a camera on your shoulder! I Have run into a few over the years:)

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