Happy Rattlesnake Friday! Here is a beautiful shot of a Mexican Cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus) in our Herp Photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Bitis! Fairly common captives, but bordering on threatening with decreasing populations in the wild, they definitely qualify as a species that needs our attention for conservation! Be sure to tell […]
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Feb 02
Feb 02
Research attempts to stop killing of Brown Snakes
Sydney Sylvain Dubey In Australia, venomous snakes are everywhere and killing them is quite common. One professor is attempting to change that mentality explaining how they can actually benefit the farmers who kill them. New research by myself and colleagues estimated the magnitude of that benefit. We found adult eastern brown snakes can collectively remove […]
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