TULSA, Okla. – Spring awakens creatures like snakes and spiders. This is why the agency for riverside parks warns trail users to be aware and not to wander off the path.
Mount Turkey is home to lots of wildlife like armadillos, deer, spiders and snakes. The River Parks Authority says there are five types of snakes to watch out for.
Connor Doyle hikes the trails in the Turkish Mountains about twice a week. He said he had seen many snakes on the trails and once he saw two in one day.
Doyle said: ‘I think I’ve seen a rattlesnake but usually just small vipers.
Doyle says that sometimes seeing them on his promenade scares him.
“Because you don’t see it until you’re on its right side and mostly just have to worry about the dog when they see it for the first time,” he says.
Ryan Howell with the River Park Authority told me the area is famous for black rat snakes, vipers, eastern pig snakes and field snakes. He says you can at least see them on the trails but that they mostly live off the trails. That’s why he urges users to stay on track and not wander.
“Because the forest now has a lot of trees, everything is deciduous, there are dead foliage on the ground and snakes are down there,” Howell said. . ”
Howell says if a snake slits in your path, don’t get involved with it.
“They won’t harm you if you don’t harm them. The number one cause of snake bites is people trying to get snakes off the trail or playing with snakes or taking selfies with snakes. Howell said.
Howell suggests you turn around or stop and wait for it to pass. Doyle says that’s what he does.
“I just don’t get too close, wait until it comes out of the way and then keep going,” Doyle said.
If you’ve been bitten by a venomous snake, get a tetanus booster shot if you haven’t had any in the past 10 years and treat the bite like a wound.
If bitten by a venomous snake, such as a venomous snake, wash the area immediately with soap and water, remove jewelry and tight clothing, and call the Oklahoma Poison and Drug Information Center as soon as possible. the better.
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