Experts urge caution during rattlesnake season as several snake bites reported in NorCal Share Updated: 5:56 PM PDT Jun 29, 2021 Share Updated: 5:56 PM PDT Jun 29, 2021
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Show Transcript CAUTION. KAY RECEDE IS IN VALLEY SPRINGS WITH MORE. MARICELA: AT LEAST -KA- AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS BEEN BIENTT BY A RATTLESNAKE HERE AT THE RESERVOIR. LAUREN, WHO LIVES NEARBY, IS A POTENTIAL DANGER HE KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. THE THING TO DO IS TO AVOID THEM. CHRISTINE, A REGISTERED NURSE WITH THE MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER SAYS, SO FAR THIS RATTLESNAKES EASING, AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BITTEN. T VIPER VENOM IS REALLY PAINFUL, CAUSES A TLO OF SWELLING AND DAMAGES TO TISSUE. DUE TO DRIER CONDITIONS, MORE RATTLESNAKES MAY BE LURKING UNDER ROCKS AND TALL GRASSES, EVEN IN PLAYGROUNDS. SHE SAYS YOU OFTEN HEAR A RATTLESNAKE FIRST. WHEN YOU HEAR THAT TELLTALE SIGN, IT’S TIME TO GET OUT OF THERE AND KP EEYOUR DISTANCE. IF YOU GET BIT, COME TO THE