Rattlesnakes not the only danger in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park

After anine-year-old girl was bitten by arattlesnake Fridayin Dinosaur Provincial Park, we wondered just how common they are andwhatothercreepy crawlers lurk in Alberta's Badlands.

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"She was not doing anything to provoke the rattlesnake but she was walking through the campsite area," saidAndrew Hunt, the acting manager for the park.

He says no one in Alberta has ever died fromrattlesnake bite andthere have only been four reported casesin the last two decades.

But that doesn't mean you won't see one.

Hunt says there are plenty of rattlersslithering around the AlbertaBadlands right now, moving fromtheirwinter densto their summer digs.

"It can be weekly and for a few days when the weather is just starting to get hot in can be daily," he said."What we have to do sometimes is a park ranger will grab his snake tongs and a bucket and he'll remove the snake from the busy area of the park."

He says baby rattlesnakes are aboutthe size of dew worms and can grow to over 100 centimetres. The longestone reported in Alberta, that he can remember, was114 centimetres.

What to do about rattlesnake bites

Keep calm and carry on, says Hunt.

Hesays the last thing you want to do if you're bitten by a rattler is raise your heart rate, as that will spread the venom faster through your body.

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But the most important thing to remember, says Hunt, is that you do have time to make your way to EMS.

"The venom does take awhile to take effect."

Bullsnakes

Hunt says while rattlesnakes are actually"really shy," bullsnakes have the exact opposite personality.

"Sometimes they'll climb the trees right in the campsite tocatch birdeggs right above the campers. Italways is a bit entertaining."

Bullsnakes are a constrictor species, but not venomous.

Scorpions

Yep, we have those too.

But you'll likely never meet one, says Hunt.

"They're very small and they're almost transparent," he said."I've only seen one andthat was actually in my desk in my office."