{"id":14778,"date":"2025-06-25T23:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T23:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14778\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T23:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T23:36:14","slug":"rattlesnake-found-at-playground-tips-to-stay-vigilant-as-summer-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14778\/","title":{"rendered":"Rattlesnake found at playground, tips to stay vigilant as summer arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif (FOX26) \u2014 A rattlesnake was found at a playground in Chico.<\/p>\n<p>The Chico Police Department says the snake was found by officers Tuesday afternoon at a playground at Hooker Oak Park.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I ssssspy with my little eye, a roaming rattlesnake basking in the Chico sunshine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Officers remind the community that Summer is here, meaning it&#8217;s snake season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some tips they give if you come across one:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stop<\/li>\n<li>Stay calm<\/li>\n<li>Slowly back away<\/li>\n<li>Keep a safe distance<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a visual<\/li>\n<li>Call for help (9-1-1 is OK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Snakes are not normally aggressive, but many bites occur when someone tries to pick up one of these slithery strangers.<\/p>\n<p>Another common way people are bitten is by stepping over a log, rock, or piece of equipment, so be sure to check the other side first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif (FOX26) \u2014 A rattlesnake was found at a playground in Chico. The Chico Police Department says&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15092,15089,718,15088,15087,15091,159,15090,1176,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-14778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-bites","9":"tag-chico","10":"tag-community","11":"tag-playground","12":"tag-rattlesnake","13":"tag-safety-tips","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-snake-season","16":"tag-summer","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114746634882120420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}