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Six baby New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnakes, the first born in a two-year recovery effort, have arrived at the L.A. Zoo — and they’re already showing off their wild side by sunbathing with mom and hunting centipedes. These elusive, threatened snakes are being carefully raised in quarantine as part of Project Obscurus, a mission to rebuild thriving, genetically diverse populations in the wild. The zoo is weighing whether to release them soon or keep them in breeding care — either way, this is a big win for one of nature’s most secretive predators.

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