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• Severe drought shuts down reproduction in copperhead snakes, study finds

  Oct 29, 2019 8:15 am by Diana YatesIllinois Natural History Survey
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  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.

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