timber rattlesnakes, (Crotalus horridus), newborn young, Pennsylvania, gravid female timber rattlesnakes gather together at maternity sites and bask a
timber rattlesnakes, (Crotalus horridus), newborn young, Pennsylvania, gravid female timber rattlesnakes gather together at maternity sites and bask and give birth to live young. They stay with the young for a period of several weeks showing a degree of parental care. These groups tend to be somewhat related females.
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