‘They’ll swim, they’ll climb trees’: experts hissue warning over snakes on the flood plains
by Tory Shepherd from on (#66AX8)
As flood waters surge into South Australia, ecologists say locals should give fleeing snakes a wide berth
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Snakes on the plains will seek shelter in back yards and homes as the flood waters from the eastern states surge down the system into South Australia.
The state's flood plains and relatively flat topography will slow the advance of the water from New South Wales and Victoria, before it is channelled into the River Murray.
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