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Recent Examples of rattlesnake
An Arizona girl nearly lost her leg after going 30 hours without realizing she had been bitten by a rattlesnake, according to her family.
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
California is home to eight species of rattlesnakes, the most common for our region being the Western Diamondback and Southern Pacific rattlesnakes.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Detecting a rattlesnake strike could be a lifesaver.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
However, the process of repeatedly taking fat from rattlesnakes proved cumbersome.
—Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
California is home to eight species of rattlesnakes, the most common for our region being the Western Diamondback and Southern Pacific rattlesnakes.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Detecting a rattlesnake strike could be a lifesaver.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
However, the process of repeatedly taking fat from rattlesnakes proved cumbersome.
—Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for rattlesnake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rattlesnake
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The Australian Museum in Sydney said on its website that copperhead snakes have powerful neurotoxic venom and that a bite can be fatal without medical attention.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Snakes native to western North Carolina include the copperhead, said Duke’s Dr. Sean Bush, an emergency medicine physician.NBC News, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Share [Findings] Interviews with reptile poachers in southwestern Balochistan indicated that the Caspian cobra, the desert monitor, the Iranian mastigure, Maynard’s longnose sand snake, the Persian spider gecko, and the Tartar sand boa were being captured for use by snake charmers.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Hahn is never funnier than when Agatha is trying to summon some of her own swagger while forced to wear Agnes’s drab clothes—a cobra stuck in the mundane form of a hamster.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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Comfort and construction are behind the venerable FTB moccasin sneakers which are handsewn and made from soft suede and embellished with bead details.Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The smoke smell triggers memories of grandmothers, the sound of scraping reminds us of our aunties working together, the beadwork and style of our moccasins represent our nations.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
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This month, new excavations will focus on the area behind the python, where researchers hope to identify the remains of the temple.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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The classes also will detail how to report pythons to the wildlife commission.Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024
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Firefighters placed the boa in a box and turned it over to the Arizona Herpetological Society for safe handling and care.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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The boas weren’t far from a flock of shorebirds that nest by salt flats in the refuge.Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
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Boa constrictors, however, are not typically dangerous to humans.Bailey Richards, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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The death adder’s plight illustrates another important point: In a 2013 review of the relevant scientific literature to date, Robertson and his colleagues concluded that exotic species are the single largest cause of evolutionary traps.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024
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This attitude poses a threat to Europe’s adder populations, already on the decline because of habitat destruction.ByPhie Jacobs, science.org, 20 Sep. 2024
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Per a report from The Telegraph, Dingo was bitten by an Eastern green mamba.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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And a gladiator sandal recalled the coils of the mamba snake.WWD, WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Rattlesnake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rattlesnake. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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