Be careful CORE students! It’s rattlesnake season, and the first one of the year was found on our brand new track just a few days ago. No need to worry for now, though, the venomous viper was found by the Track and Field team and K-8 PLT Kristi Shmeck, and then taken care of by our trusted groundskeeper, John Hagman.  Hagman quickly assssessssed the situation and then pulled out his trusty “snake grabbers.” The snake almost esssscaped, but it wasn’t the only one who was “cold-blooded”–and Hagman, who wasn’t “rattled” one bit, was able to get the coiled killer (if you were to mess with it) on the other side of the fence, and onto a road that leads to the Tree Farm, where it will never, ever mess with us again unless it turns around and comes back.

This fork-tongued and fiercely-fanged fella was a baby, and when anyone hears that, they reflexively say, “Oh, my, those are the most dangerous ones!” It’s “common knowledge” that baby rattlesnakes are more venomous than fully grown rattlesnakes. But, actually, that’s a myth. In truth, they are equally venomous.

That’s been the only sighting so far this year, but there’s no saying when another will pop up again, so watch out CORE Butte, and sssstay ssssafe!