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A snake species named after a rock star and other slithery science
Is fear of snakes innate or learned? How do scientists discover and describe new species, including snake species? What IS a species, anyway? Why did Sara name a snake after one of her favorite rock stars (and who is it!)? Why are museum snake specimens so valuable?
These are just some of the questions herpetologist Dr. Sara Ruane answers in this episode of Facetime with Scientists!
Dr. Sara Ruane is the associate curator of herpetology at the Field Museum. In this interview, she talks about her career studying snakes (and how it started in childhood) and how new species are discovered…
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