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Island tiger snakes’ skulls adapt to eat large sea bird chicks

A tiger snake slithers on grass.

A study by researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and other institutions has found that in a population of island tiger snakes the bones in their jaws increase in length after feeding on large prey, while their mainland counterparts show no change.

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