Timber Rattlesnake | What's Wild!

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Deep in the rugged mountains of South Carolina, the timber rattlesnake slithers in silence — both majestic and misunderstood. In this episode, see how trained biologists from SCDNR trek into remote terrain to capture, tag, and sample these snakes — even the newborns — in the fight against an emerging threat: a fungal disease that attacks their skin and health. Every tag, every sample, every telemetry signal helps reveal the hidden life of a creature vital to our ecosystems

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