Texas Fish & Game

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June 22, 2023

Hurricanes Can Cause Snake “Migration”

Hurricanes and other major flooding events can create migrations of wildlife. There is no question storms move snakes. Floodwaters push up debris that snakes pile on and they get a free ride sometimes dozens of miles […]
March 1, 2023

What About Those Claims of Giant Rattlesnakes?

Snakes intrigue the public. Even though most fear snakes, people can’t help but click on videos and photos of snakes, especially big ones. Images of people holding large, dead rattlesnakes are all over the Internet and […]
December 16, 2021

Study Shows Rattlesnake Trick Human Ears

Rattlesnakes increase their rattling rate as potential threats approach, and this abrupt switch to a high-frequency mode makes listeners, including humans, think they’re closer than they actually are, researchers reported n the journal Current Biology. “Our data […]
January 16, 2020

Snakes Are Out In Winter Too

Snakes in Texas don’t really hibernate. I have heard of several serpentine encounters in recent weeks and even had some dealings with a big coral snake myself. Snakes (as well as turtles and alligators) will come […]
September 1, 2016

Dept. of Wild: Extracting Venom from Diamondback and Cobra

Snake venom is a complex substance that varies greatly among the world’s thousands of species. George Van Horn of Reptile World Serpentarium in St. Cloud, Fl. has been collecting venom for more than 40 years to […]