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Carrying a tubed rattlesnake

By Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Woman carries a rattlesnake with its head in a tube in one hand and snake tongs in the other
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Boise State University Master’s student Kristina Parker carries a Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus lutosus). The snake’s head is enclosed in a plastic tube to allow her to safely handle it during the biological sample collection process.

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