'They're everywhere': Calif.'s rattlesnake population is booming

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Heading out on the trails this summer? There’s a good chance you’ll run into a rattler.

, but it gained tens of thousands of new residents that love the state’s increasingly hot and arid climate.recent joint Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and University of Michigan study

“A warmer climate may help these snakes heat up to temperatures that are more optimal for digestion or reproduction,” said Hayley Crowell, a University of Michigan student researcher and the project’s lead, in a statement.a decade ago, a trail running friend told me to enjoy the many unexplored coastal switchbacks and easily accessible ocean view peaks. But then he gave me a word of caution: watch out for rattlesnakes.

This spring thus far, however, has been a different story. Since April 1, I’ve had four rattler sightings, and there’s more to come — at least according to one expert. “In these spots where there is so much development near wildlands, everybody’s got a story, everybody’s got a sighting,” he says. “People don’t like to have snakes around their yards or around their pets, small children — but at the same time, they build houses on rock piles or in areas that run up right against open space or wildlife. And when that happens, we’re going to have encounters.”

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