Biologists warn of more snake sightings amid warmer temperatures
THE FLOWERS OF THE MOST POPULAR
GIFT HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY
CARDS AND SPECIAL OUTINGS.
A FEW VISITED PARKS OR TRAILS
TO ENJOY THE WARM WEATHER
RECENTLY. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
BIOLOGIST SAY HIGHER TEMPS
COULD BRING OUT MORE SNAKES.
>> WRAL'S WHEN SNYDER HAS THE
WARNING FROM EXPERTS AND THE
TYPES OF SNAKES, YOU MIGHT SEE
THE MOST
>> WELL, 60 DEGREES, ANYTHING
ABOVE THAT. AND BIOLOGISTS, A
SNAKE ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO
RISE. AND WITH A RECORD OF
WARMER TEMPS RECENTLY IN PARTS
OF THE TRIANGLE, IT MAY BE TIME
TO WATCH WHERE YOU STEP A HIKER
IN ARIZONA NATIVE JOE BRONSTEIN
IS AMONG THE MANY ALONG
RALEIGH'S TRAILS. NOW ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR SNAKES FOR SETTING
IT IN OTHER STATES, NORTH
CAROLINA, WITH WARMER
TEMPERATURES. RESEARCHERS NOTE
SIGHTINGS COULD GO UP. IT'S
SOMETHING BRONSTEIN SAYS HE'S
EXPERIENCED RECENTLY WITH MY
APARTMENT COMPLEX, SENDING OUT
SOME MORNINGS AND STUFF ABOUT
IT. I'VE BEEN EXTRA VIGILANT.
HE SAID THAT SOME PEOPLE
WALKING THEIR DOGS AROUND THE
PROPERTY AND SEEING SOME LIGHT
COPPERHEAD SNAKES WITH MORE
SNAKE ACTIVITY. RESEARCHERS
SAY IT COULD LEAD TO MORE SNAKE
BITES IN 2020 FOR THE NC
WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
REPORTED THAT 90% OF VENOMOUS
SNAKEBITES ACROSS THE STATE
EACH YEAR.
>> ARE CAUSED BY COPPERHEADS
WHEN IT'S WARM ENOUGH OUTSIDE,
THEY WAKE UP AND THEY BECOME
ACTIVE. BIOLOGIST FOUND OWEN
SAYS DESPITE THE NUMBER OF
SNAKE SPECIES IN NORTH
CAROLINA, NATIVE SNAKES TO NOT
ATTACK UNLESS TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES IN AN AREA LIKE
RALLY. REALLY THE COPPERHEAD IS
THE ONLY VENOMOUS SPECIES THAT
PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO COME
ACROSS.
>> AND REALLY ALL THE OTHER
SNAKE SPECIES THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO FIND ARE GOING TO BE
NON-VENOMOUS A HARMLESS TO
HUMANS STILL IS POSTS OF LOCAL
SNAKE SIGHTINGS, FLOODS, SOCIAL
MEDIA BRONSTEIN SAYS WILL ADD
WATCHING WHERE HE STEPS TO HIS
WALKING ROUTINE. DEFINITELY
TRYING TO ME CAUTIOUS SIDE OF
THAT. IT OR ANYTHING A
PRACTICE. OTHERS SAY THEY WILL
FOLLOW A SNAKE SEASON CONTINUES
FOR INSIDER WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT STAGE AND THEN WHAT'S
FRIENDLY AND EVERYTHING OF
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE SNAKES THE
RATE OF ANYTHING THAT LIKE THE
WOMAN SAID, THERE'S ONE DAY
VENOMOUS SNAKE THAT YOU FIND
WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE IN THE OTHER ONES.
YEAH. SURE. RODENT OR A FROG OR
TOAD ROCK AND ROLL EUROPE.
OK? FROGS, THOUGH, WHITE.
COOL. BUT THEY CAN BE SCARY IF
YOU JUST KIND OF SNEAK UP ON