00:00America's wildest snake states.
00:02Diversity, not danger.
00:05Texas has more than 115 snake species and subspecies, making it one of the most snake-diverse
00:11places in the country.
00:13Arizona is famous for rattlesnakes, with about 15 different species recorded in the state.
00:20Florida brings wetlands, coral snakes, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes, and invasive Burmese pythons.
00:26California has deserts, mountains, coastlines, and several rattlesnake species.
00:32Then come places like New Mexico, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina,
00:39Oklahoma, and Arkansas, where heat, water, forests, swamps, and rocky habitat create perfect snake
00:46country.
00:47But wildest should not mean most dangerous.
00:51Most snakes are not venomous.
00:54Most do not want contact with humans.
00:57And many are doing work people rarely appreciate.
01:00Eating rodents, balancing food webs, and feeding hawks, owls, foxes, and other predators.
01:06The risky moments usually happen when people step blindly, reach into cover, or try to catch
01:11or kill a snake.
01:12The smarter rule is simple.
01:14Know your local species.
01:18Watch your hands and feet.
01:21Keep yards less attractive to rodents.
01:24Give every snake distance.
01:27America's wildest snake states are not horror zones.
01:31They are proof that reptiles still survive wherever habitat, heat, water, and prey remain.
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01:37Bye.
