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Get rattled! LA Zoo has new baby snakes as part of endangered species program

Get rattled! LA Zoo has new baby snakes as part of endangered species program
Photo: LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · view original

These rattlesnake pups share the same light gray and tan scales and their parents, but weigh just 5-6 grams and are half the length of a pencil. (Carl Myers / Courtesy L.A. Zoo) Two litters of a rare southwestern rattlesnake were born at the L.A. Zoo last month. The six New Mexico ridge-nosed rat...

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