Under the Endangered Species Act, timber rattlesnakes are - TopicsExpress



          

Under the Endangered Species Act, timber rattlesnakes are endangered in six states and threatened in another five. According to Karen Lips, an associate biology professor at UM, “Habitat loss, road kills, and people killing them out of fear are the big issues. They are non-aggressive and rarely bite unless provoked or stepped upon.”But like all creatures loathsome and otherwise, this snake serves a purpose in the Earth’s ecosystem.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:11:38 +0000

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