{"id":36420,"date":"2023-09-27T18:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T22:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=36420"},"modified":"2023-09-27T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T22:38:22","slug":"its-rattlesnake-season-in-florida-but-theres-no-reason-to-be-alarmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/09\/27\/its-rattlesnake-season-in-florida-but-theres-no-reason-to-be-alarmed\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Rattlesnake Season in Florida but There’s No Reason to Be Alarmed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know this is a very busy time of year for rattlesnakes; it’s their breeding season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You’re more likely to see a rattlesnake during summer and fall because males are out and about searching for a mate and females are giving birth to live young, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite it being rattlesnake season, it’s pretty rare to see a rattlesnake in South Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Captain Jeffrey Fob with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Venom Response Team, there was a rattlesnake sighting last week in the extreme southern end of the county near SW 344th Street. It was about two or three feet long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is where most rattlesnake populations are in Florida, according to Capt. Fob. However, he told the media, there is also a population of rattlesnakes near SW 152nd Street in the Pinelands near Zoo Miami but ‘they don’t disturb anyone.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida is also home to Pygmy rattlesnakes but nobody ever sees them, says Capt. Fob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are more likely to die in a car accident than be injured by wildlife here,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All native snakes play an important part in our ecosystem and should be left alone and admired from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snake bite season runs from April to October in Florida. There are about 50 species in the state but only six are venomous: the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber rattlesnake, dusky pygmy rattlesnake, eastern coral snake, Florida cottonmouth or water moccasin, and southern copperhead snakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Florida snakes are harmless and beneficial and remove extra rodent populations.  Even the venomous species<\/a> are not particularly dangerous unless stepped on or otherwise provoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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