3/23/18 Phoenix, AZ, KSAZ-TV -
Spring weather means snake season in Arizona, and there's already a casualty.
On Thursday, a man was bitten by
a rattlesnake while doing some work outside in Surprise. The man was taken to
the hospital, and is expected to be OK.
The sound of a rattlesnake is
something people may be familiar with, but it may be a sound people hope to
never hear in their own home. As the weather warms up, however, rattlesnakes
are making more guest appearances in Valley homes.
"Snakes have been spending
the winter in a nice place where they can stay warm, and now that it's getting
warm at night, they're feeling a little more adventurous," said Bryan
Hughes, owner of Rattlesnake Solutions.
Hughes makes house calls to
properly relocate snakes away from homes.
"Sometimes, homes have
things that snakes like," said Hughes. "Water sources, rock
piles, rodents, that kind of thing. Snakes are going to start showing up
at those places.”
Phoenix is home to six different
species of rattlesnake, and a bite isn't anyone's idea of a good time
"There's not a lot of deaths
that happen in Arizona from it," said Hughes. "Doctors know
what they're doing, but you're probably looking at a helicopter ride and a lot
of money going to it."
A lot of bites are accidental,
but sometimes, people just need to be smart
"A lot of people are bitten
because they're doing something they shouldn't," said Hughes.
"Parks like this, people see a rattlesnake, they toss pebbles at it, pick
it up to get a picture, don't do that stuff that's what gets you in the
hospital.”
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