Colorado Rattlecam Livestream

Project RattleCam
Aug 31 2024

You are watching a livestream of a Prairie Rattlesnake rookery at an undisclosed location in Colorado. At this rookery, hundreds of snakes overwinter, shed their skins, and bask in the sun. Dozens of pregnant snakes spend the summer here preparing to give birth and care for their babies. The livestream runs 24-7 from May through October. If you are watching and the stream stops, it will begin again soon. Please click the link to load the current stream: https://tinyurl.com/2zmmx9y9

To see the current weather conditions at the rookery, visit https://tinyurl.com/3na8c433

See something interesting on the livestream? Please submit your observation here: https://tinyurl.com/38kvzye2

Want to adopt a snake? Name a snake at https://bit.ly/nameasnake

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Newborn rattlesnakes at Colorado 'mega den' make their live debut

September 01, 2024 3:00 AM
By Associated Press



In this image taken from a Project Rattlecam video, an adult rattlesnake rests with juveniles at a den under remote observation in Colorado on Aug. 22, 2024.


CHEYENNE, WYOMING — A "mega den" of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born.

Thanks to livestream video, scientists studying the den on a craggy hillside in Colorado are learning more about these enigmatic — and often misunderstood — reptiles. They're observing as the youngsters, called pups, slither over and between adult females on lichen-encrusted rocks.

The public can watch too on the Project RattleCam website and help with important work including how to tell the snakes apart. Since researchers put their remote camera online in May, several snakes have become known in a chat room and to scientists by names including "Woodstock," "Thea" and "Agent 008."

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The project is a collaboration between California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, snake removal company Central Coast Snake Services and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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