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Article: Tracking rattlesnakes: to study rattlers, first this scientist has to find them.(Suzy Ehret)
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- Highlights for Children
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- August 1, 2007
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A bzzzzz coming from the rocks stopped Suzy Ehret in her tracks. She had been walking up a dry streambed high in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona. The August morning was hot.
The noise, which sounded like someone wiggling a finger in dried leaves, was the warning of a rattlesnake shaking its rattle. Ehret smiled.
Suzy Ehret is a biologist who studies the life history of banded rock rattlesnakes. She wanted to learn as much as possible about these snakes. How long do they live? How far do they travel? How many babies do they have? How big are the babies? Ehret hoped that today she would find clues to help answer at least one of her questions. ...