""It's just so terribly tragic that these deaths happened, and it's something that's really rare," Emily Taylor, the director of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Lab, stated regarding the recent fatalities from rattlesnake bites."
""This year, the California Poison Control System recorded 77 calls about rattlesnake bites through March, compared with up to 300 annual calls in previous years," highlighting the alarming rise in snakebite incidents."
First responders assisted a hiker bitten by a rattlesnake in Santa Barbara County, part of a troubling trend of increased rattlesnake encounters in California this spring. Two recent fatalities from rattlesnake bites in Southern California are highly unusual, as only about five people die from snakebites nationwide each year. The Ventura County Fire Department has seen a rise in rattlesnake bite calls, with 10 emergency visits last month. A hotline for rattlesnake relocation reported a significant increase in calls, indicating a growing issue with rattlesnake encounters in residential areas.
Read at SFGATE
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]