Timber Rattlesnake and Babies (IMAGE)

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Timber Rattlesnake and Babies

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New results suggest that conservation efforts to open up overgrown snake habitat do provide more opportunities for pregnant timber rattlesnakes to reach temperatures necessary for embryos to develop, as intended. Here, a mother snake watches over her young.

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Christopher Camacho

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