DALLAS (AP) - Seeing snakes?
Experts credit rainy weather for more snakes than usual slithering about in north Texas yards and ponds.
Jon Campbell, chairman of the biology department at the University of Texas at Arlington, says he and other snake experts usually get lots of calls in the spring. Campbell says this year is especially busy "because we had good rain at the right time."
Snakes mainly spend the winter underground, so when spring arrives they come out to eat and drink.
Brett Johnson, an urban wildlife biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, says the agency has had numerous reports of non-venomous water snakes. He says rat snakes "can have a little bit of an attitude" and will snap at people.
Johnson says if you see a snake "just leave it alone."
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Information from: The Dallas Morning News, http://www.dallasnews.com
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