The world might be facing a new kind of sssilent ssspring if researchers are correct that snake numbers are declining.
REPTILE LOSS The smooth snake, a protected species in the United Kingdom, dwindled in number in a forest in southern England that has been monitored for 12 years, and researchers can only speculate as to why.
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