Study on jararaca pit vipers links ‘giant’ specimens proliferation to predators
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 09:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, it is easier to find “giant” jararaca pit vipers (Bothrops jararaca) in a small fragment of Atlantic Rainforest surrounded by urban sprawl than in a nature reserve that is 16 times larger, even though more food is available for snakes in the latter. A new study suggests that the […]