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  • Study: Severe drought shuts down reproduction in copperheads

    Oct 29, 2019 9:30 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Copperhead snake. Photo by Chuck Smith

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    • Copperhead snake. Photo by Chuck Smith

    A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Connecticut, revealed that five consecutive years of drought effectively ended the snakes' reproductive output.