NOTICE MORE SNAKES AROUND ALBUQUERQUE LATELY? SOME PEOPLE HAVE … AND IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. SNAKES ARE USUALLY SEEN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA IN MID APRIL WHEN THEY COME OUT OF HIBERNATION. BUT THIS YEAR, THE DROUGHT HAS MORE OF THEM OUT AND ABOUT … AND BOB MYERS WITH THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL RATTLESNAKE MUSEUM SAYS IF YOU HAVE A WATER SOURCE IN YOUR YARD, SNAKES WILL GO AFTER IT.
MYERS SAYS THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA ALSO GETS BULL SNAKES, WHICH LOOK A LOT LIKE RATTLESNAKES, SHAKE THEIR TAILS IF YOU GO NEAR THEM, AND MAKE HISSING SOUNDS. HE SAYS KEEP A DISTANCE FROM BOTH SNAKES AND LEAVE THEM ALONE AND THEY’LL POSE NO THREAT.
