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The Desert Speaks
Desert Venom
Season 19
Episode 1905
David Yetman joins Herpatologists in their various quests to learn more about the many venomous creatures that call the Sonoran Desert home. They track Tiger Rattlesnakes using radio implants before heading up to the mountains to observe rattlesnake dens. While studying the impact urban developments have on the movements of a Gila Monster, they encounter rattlesnakes, tarantulas and desert toads.
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Scientists come from all over the world to study at the Southwestern Research Station.
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How many mysteries are being solved and many benefits realized by the study of the desert.
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Some amazing research projects which help the wild inhabitants of the desert.
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Explore the hottest and driest region of North America, just south of the border.
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The arduous journey of water through the Sonoran Desert Valley.
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Over millions of years, geological formations have produced the Sonoran Desert.
