All types of snakes loose their habitat during floods

All different types of snakes get effected by flooding of creeks and rivers. When this happens it is very common to find all kinds of snakes around your house and garden because the floodwaters have forced them to higher ground.

All types of snakes go to higher ground during floods

This happens in our major city, Melbourne. Suddenly people in the suburbs have to deal with wild snakes as never before, normally they see them only on TV or a zoo. I guess they don't realize the snake habitat is all around where they live, it's just they don't normally see them.

The Internet was inundated with searches for 'Katrina snakes". This was a direct result of the influx of snakes into people’s houses and yards in the effected areas. There were thousands of queries for this term.

It’s understandable to have a fear of snakes, more especially at a time when they in such a vulnerable situation - take care - they are not too happy at loosing their home.

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