The Memphis Zoo has welcomed a rare addition to its animal family!
A first Louisiana pine snake, which is the “rarest snake” in North America, was born at the Tennessee-based attraction this month, the zoo announced in a Facebook post.
The reptile hatched among a “whopping” 114 eggs, per the Memphis Zoo, which marked “the largest amount of eggs in a season” for the establishment’s breeding program.
The newborn and “future hatchlings” will be cared for by the zoo for the next year, before they are “released into the wild next spring to help repopulate their species,” the zoo said.
The Memphis Zoo allows fans to watch the new snakes births’ on a live cam on its website.
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The Memphis Zoo says on its website that it “is passionate about saving the Louisiana pine snake from extinction.”
“One of the ways we do this is to conduct research which has led to important contributions to knowledge of the species, including the first published data on its unique reproductive biology and the elevation of the snake to full species status,” the zoo continues.
The zoo adds: “For 40 years, the Memphis Zoo has been working on multiple fronts to understand and preserve the Louisiana pine snake.”
The Memphis Zoo also focuses on five other areas in which their conservation efforts provide aid, including helping Sumatran tigers, Dusky Gopher frogs, Eastern lowland gorillas, African elephants and biodiversity in Sri Lanka.
People interested in donating to the zoo’s conversation efforts can do so by clicking here.
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