Snake alert: What to do if your pet is bitten
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Spring has sprung, but flowers may not be the only things popping up in your yard.
This also is the season when snakes come out of hibernation.
There are almost 3,000 different species of snakes in the world, with less than a third considered venomous, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. However, only four types of venomous snakes are found in the U.S., including rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths or water moccasins and coral snakes — and all of them are present in Texas.
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