western diamondback rattlesnake

noun

1. an extremely venomous diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

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The Western diamondback rattlesnake is a master of nonverbal communication.

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In this study, scientists experimented by moving a human-like torso closer to a western diamondback rattlesnake and recording the response.

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The danger of that terrain jolted me on a recent Friday, when I got a text from a neighbor accompanied by a picture of a baby Western diamondback rattlesnake.

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A Phoenix resident got an unwelcome surprise recently in the shape of a large western diamondback rattlesnake.

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To find out, Clevers and colleagues removed stem cells from the venom glands of nine snake species—including the cape coral cobra and the western diamondback rattlesnake—and placed them in a cocktail of hormones and proteins called growth factors.

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