10/21/24

Officials sounding alarm for rattlesnake safety as temperatures cool

Reporter, Video and Editing: Linnea Hoover

After months of record-breaking heat, the weather is finally improving and people are ready to hit the trails again. With more people out on the trails, the likelihood of running into a rattlesnake increases. According to Moris, the perfect weather for us is also the perfect weather for rattlesnakes.

As the Venom Manager at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, Cale Moris has a job that would give some people the creeps. The sanctuary houses 1,500 reptiles from all over the world, about 150 of which are venomous.

"So, in Arizona, there are 13 species of rattlesnakes, but in the Phoenix metropolitan area there's six species which you can run into," Moris said.

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