{"id":281065,"date":"2026-05-22T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/281065\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:11:13","slug":"florida-residents-warned-to-stay-safe-as-snake-activity-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/281065\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida residents warned to stay safe as snake activity increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e5a2373767a9b774cf2ec38fbec10284.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida residents warned to stay safe as snake activity increases<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Warmer weather means snakes are getting more active in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lake County leaders want to remind residents to stay safe around the slithery creatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four venomous snakes call Lake County home: The Florida cottonmouth, coral snake, and two rattlesnake species.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">County leaders say you should always be aware of your surroundings and stay on trails or walkways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And if you do see a snake, even if it\u2019s not dangerous, keep your distance and leave it alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:click here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida residents warned to stay safe as snake activity increases Warmer weather means snakes are getting more active&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[119758,119760,28,119757,30,29,2174,119761,119759,99557],"class_list":["post-281065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-coral-snake","tag-county-leaders","tag-florida","tag-florida-cottonmouth","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-lake-county","tag-rattlesnake-species","tag-slithery-creatures","tag-venomous-snakes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}