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Utah's Rattlesnakes Disappearing

Great Basin Rattle Snake
Louis Porras
Great Basin Rattle Snake

By Sheri Quinn

Salt Lake City, UT – This week all across the Wasatch Front, rattlesnakes are headed back to their dens for the winter. They're more likely to bite this time of year because if they don't reach their dens, they'll freeze to death. The Great Basin Rattlesnake is the only species of rattler that lives on the Wasatch Front. But, as Sheri Quinn reports, their populations are steadily decreasing.

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