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KTLA: 6th rattlesnake bite reported in Ventura County in less than a month

"...A sixth rattlesnake bite in less than a month, including one that was deadly, was reported in Ventura County over the weekend.

The victim, described only as a male, was bitten near CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo around 4 p.m. Sunday but was not on campus property, Ventura County Fire Department spokesperson Andrew Dowd told KTLA...."

https://ktla.com/news/ventura-county/ventura-county-rattlesnake-bite-sixth-reported/

#rattlesnakes #VenturaCounty #hiking

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Megan Lynch (she/her)3d ago

@ai6yr I'm reminded of how scientists were trying to communicate about how wide-ranging the effects of climate change would be. It takes a lot of interdisciplinary work for people to think through all the things that will change with a rise in global average temperature, but I'm willing to bet this was one that scientists in CA predicted would change...

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NosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiast 3d ago

@ai6yr I still haven't seen one in AZ, but I feel like I'm just one misstep away from fuckery.

I'm not good at spotting snakes to begin with, because we had so few in Massachusetts and only ONE to be worried about and had only EVER seen one in 40 years; a timber rattlesnake, which I didn't know existed until I saw one in the Blue Hills of MA. (just south of Boston)

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Bekah 2d ago

@NosirrahSec @ai6yr
I grew up in the south with rattle, copperhead, cottonmouth snakes yet not great at seeing snakes. Except corals (color helps & they’re shy).

our parents let us run around the woods alone and swim in lakes. Lmao. I did get a lot of warnings about cottonmouths near rocka on lake shores.

snakes prefer not to interact, yet I worry about not seeing rattlers here. Have heard one, couldn’t pick it out even knowing which side of the trail it was on. Which is kind of terrifying.

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Bekah 2d ago

@NosirrahSec @ai6yr my amazing non-venomous snake story is when I walked my Great Dane at night and he accidentally pooped on a small snake which I discovered during cleanup (jump scare).

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