Timber Rattlers' Ecosystem Services Help People (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Timber Rattlers' Ecosystem Services Help People

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Feeding on mice and other small mammals, an adult male timber rattlesnake consumes 2,500 to 4,500 of the black-legged ticks that carry Lyme disease each year.

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Photo: Edward Kabay

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