Rise in snakebites across US linked to climate crisis and sprawling suburbs

* Dramatic increase in bites continues recent upward trend* North Carolina, Georgia and Texas on track to break recordsA snake eats a squirrel at Augusta National Golf Club Georgia. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty ImagesClimate warming and the expansion of human settlements across the southern states of the US has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people bitten during encounters with venomous snakes, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.The increase in bites is on track to b