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Rady Park snakes are harmless, relatively
It happens almost every year.Bo Tucker, the director of public works for the town of Warrenton, said people often alert town officials after spotting snakes in Rady Park.
"In the past, we have had someone come catch them and take them into the country," Tucker said.
The brown snakes that many park-goers mistake for a venomous species are actually common water snakes, Tucker added.
John "J.D." Kleopfer is a wildlife diversity biologist and herpetologist with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. He confirmed that some snakes recently seen near the creek at Rady Park are northern watersnakes. They are harmless, Kleopfer said.
Even so, the large aquatic snakes will often bite when handled. The bites are especially painful because the snakes have long teeth.
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