Snakes and Ladders? What about snakes in your basement?
On October 2, a woman from Santa Rosa contacted Sonoma County Reptile Rescue after fearing she had snakes under her house.
The director of Sonoma County Reptile Rescue came to her aid the next day and discovered a crawling mass of 92 snakes under her flooring. The snakes were identified as Northern Pacific Rattlers, which are one of the deadliest snakes in Northern California. According to Wolf, the woman's house appears to have an active den beneath it. Also, the snakes have made it a breeding place and have been there for quite some time.
The retrieval of 59 newborns and 22 adult snakes took nearly 4 hours. Then there were two more expeditions to the site, where another 11 snakes were discovered. Despite the large number of snakes discovered and the need to return to the site, no one was bitten.
Images by: Alan Wolf, Sonoma County Reptile Rescue