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Damian Lettoof, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife Ecotoxicology, CSIRO

Warm winters are waking snakes early. Here’s what that means for them and us

Chris Jolly

For people in southeast Australia, springtime means soaking up the sun and getting our vitamin D levels back to baseline. But we’re not the only ones likely to be basking. Snakes are getting out and about, too.

A flurry of snake sightings in southern states during spring is nothing new. Snakes emerge from their winter hiding holes when the weather warms.

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