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"People have caught dozens of rattlesnakes at a Foothills campground along the shores of Lake Pardee in Amador County -- and it turns out, these snakes are especially deadly.As summer nears closer, many families are planning camping trips, which is why officials are offering a warning about the dangerous reptiles.\"My mom tells me to look out,\" said Connor McCloskey, who has a good reason to watch where he steps outside his home, near Pardee Lake.Added his mother, Kaitlin McCloskey, recalling one instance in particular: \"I was in the house and I heard them scream, 'snake!' My husband was by the shed and I ran out to see what was going on.\"The family killed the snake. But it likely won't be the last the McCloskeys come across.\"This year is probably the worst in the eight years I have been here,\" said Richard Cooper, a manager at the Pardee Lake Campground.So far this year, Cooper said he has caught 40 rattlesnakes. Most have been around 18 inches long, which is relatively small but relatively deadly, he added.\"The venom that they have is just really potent,\" Cooper told KCRA 3.The campground manager has been warning campers of the dangers.The McCloskeys are taking precautions, as well -- making sure there's always a shovel nearby, and an adult around whenever the children play outside.\"Anytime we have people come camping with children, I tell them (to) watch out,\" Kaitlin McCloskey said.The Department of Fish and Game tracks the most rattlesnake bites between April and October, which are the warmer months when both snakes and humans are the most active outdoors.Most bites are not deadly, but all require treatment.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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