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timber rattlesnake suborder Serpentes
Behold the rattlesnake's rattle, thought to be a warning device to other organisms
garter snake Adam and Eve snakeskin
Learn how the predatory pilot black snake strikes, suffocates, and consumes whole its rodent prey
sea snake
Observe a female black pilot snake hatch a clutch of eggs and a newborn use its egg tooth to hatch
snake: hatching
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snake summary
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Rattlesnake. A rattle snake coiled on rock. Rattlesnakes are poisonous snakes that have rattles in their tails. Reptile. Possibly mounted or stuffed taxidermy snake.
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Once fertilization has occurred, the egg begins to accumulate additional layers from the shell glands in the oviduct. In some species, this continues until a firm yet pliable leathery shell has been formed, permeable to both gases and liquids but capable of retaining much of its liquid content unless in a very dry place. The female then deposits the entire clutch of eggs in a protected damp, warm, and usually dark place, often along with clutches from other females of the same species, for the same stimuli that lead snakes to congregate for hibernation also take them to the same ...(100 of 7507 words)

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