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A research team from The University of Texas at El Paso, led by Océane Da Cunha, Ph.D., lecturer and graduate student coordinator in UTEP’s College of Science (center), uncovered new evidence explaining why the rattlesnake’s rattle, one of nature’s most iconic warning signals, has persisted and remained effective over millions of years. The team engineered a lifelike, 3D-printed robotic rattlesnake to test how 38 species at the El Paso Zoo responded to rattling behavior. Pictured with Da Cunha are L. Miles Horne, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology (left), and Joshua J. Mead, Ph.D., lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences (right).
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The University of Texas at El Paso.
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