diamondback rattlesnake

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Recent Examples of diamondback rattlesnake Why rattlesnakes are beneficial:Arizona's famous reptile deserves respect Common Arizona rattlesnake species Western diamondback rattlesnake. The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2024 Genomic analysis of the western diamondback rattlesnake demonstrated that venom metalloproteinases evolved from a single ancestral gene. Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 How does a western diamondback rattlesnake develop resistance to the many types of metalloproteinase toxins in its own venom? Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 According to the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are North America's longest, heaviest venomous snake, averaging 3 to 6 feet, with some adults growing up to 8 feet. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for diamondback rattlesnake 
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Noun
  • Revolving around a community of sea serpents living on a secret island in the middle of the ocean, the feature is based on the children’s book series by Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Thore Hansen, which ran across nine books from 1972 to 2019, creating a cross-generational brand.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
  • There's also an Orkney origin story involving a giant sea serpent.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • However, eastern garter snakes and eastern rat snakes are both native to Virginia.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Apart from garter snakes, which are known to cluster together in their hundreds in what’s called a hibernaculum during the winter months, most snakes are solo actors.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2024
Noun
  • This family of about 400 species includes coral snakes, cobras, and mambas and is considered medically important since their bites can destroy tissue, cause the heart to collapse, induce blindness, and more.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Filmed over nearly four years, the series explores locations from the Himalayas to the Western Pacific, featuring wildlife stories including elephants that have learned to stop buses to steal food in Sri Lanka and sea snakes hunting in partnership with fish.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • There was yet more to see—wild horses and noodle-nosed saiga antelope, coves of turquoise water filled with shipwrecks and sea snakes, and camel caravans on the Turkman border.
    J.R. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2024
Noun
  • For one thing, rattlesnakes have different fat profiles than Chinese water snakes.
    Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • My friend the artist and naturalist George Sanford McGee, who came with us, spotted a gorgeous brown water snake napping on one knee.
    John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Noun
  • Cadden added that after speaking to a Game and Fish expert on reptiles, the slithery creature appeared to be a gopher snake, one of the most common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
  • Its tail is also wide and blunt, compared to the gopher snake’s thinner, more pointed one.
    Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
Noun
  • It was created in 2014 and honors the late German designer’s legacy, from his sunglasses to his suits and dazzling black racer gloves.
    Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • But a few days ago, Cockerham’s son saw a black racer come out of the lemongrass.
    Hannah Farrow, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Noun
  • In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Specifically that means pit vipers, which includes timber rattlesnakes (found in Connecticut) and copperheads and water moccasins.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2024

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