. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. A skull of a large alligator recovered in 1927 from Camp LeJeune also catches your attention. "This is an example of a species that has responded well to being protected," he says. "They were in trouble and put on the endangered list. Now, they have recovered to the point that commercial harvest of alligators is allowed in some states but not in North ; A few feet away are wet bird and mammal specimens, including a jar of red bats that live in hollow trees in the coastal plain
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. A skull of a large alligator recovered in 1927 from Camp LeJeune also catches your attention. "This is an example of a species that has responded well to being protected," he says. "They were in trouble and put on the endangered list. Now, they have recovered to the point that commercial harvest of alligators is allowed in some states but not in North ; A few feet away are wet bird and mammal specimens, including a jar of red bats that live in hollow trees in the coastal plain and piedmont. "Around the country, there are not many wet birds and mammals in museum collections," says Braswell. "You mostly find skins. Our wet collection will be ; Cold-Blooded Creatures As we move to snakes, Braswell says that North Carolina has over 37 species, including poisonous and nonpoisonous. "Most of our snakes aren't primitive," says Braswell while pointing to a rubber boa from Oregon. "Primitive snakes live in tropical climates. Most of North Carolina's snakes are in the modem group, including rattlesnakes that are highly evolved ; Braswell has spent considerable time outdoors studying North Carolina's snakes. His master's thesis at NC State was on the rat snake. "I have examined over 1,000 rat snakes," he says. "They get in people's attics and shed skins. They can get up to six or seven feet ; As he picks up ajar of coachwhip, he relates an old wive's tale. "The name brings wild stories," he says. "The tail has a scaled pattern that looks like a coach ; In the poisonous section, there are six species from North Carolina, including the copperhead, cottomouth, timber rattlesnake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and coral snake. All six are found in the coastal plain. The coral snake and the eastern diamondback ratder are the state's o
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