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Arizona’s Heat Is So Extreme Even Rattlesnakes and Cacti Are Struggling

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05.09.2025
In 2023, two Arizona rattlesnakes died while underground, cooked to death in their burrows. These are creatures evolutionarily suited to survive extreme heat. Mike Cardwell, a rattlesnake researcher who spoke with AZCentral about Arizona’s recent extreme heat that’s killing off animals that should be able to survive it, had never seen snakes die underground due to the […] The post Arizona’s Heat Is So Extreme Even Rattlesnakes and Cacti Are Struggling appeared first on VICE.

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