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Why rattlesnake bites are on the rise in California

NPR | By Henry Larson,
Tinbete Ermyas, Mia Venkat, Fiona Geiran
Published April 27, 2026 at 4:27 PM EDT

California sees maybe one fatal rattlesnake bite a year. So far this year, there've been three.

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