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Keeping snakes away from your home and yard

Due to heavy rains received earlier in the year, people may be finding more snakes in their yard and around their home.
Keeping snakes away from your home and yard
Rattlesnakes play an important role in nature

Thu, May 3, 2018

Western diamondback rattlesnakes have lived throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico since before Oklahoma statehood. As people began to settle and encroach into the snakes' habitat, more and more interactions were taking place.

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