Did you know about this unique family of ancient, nonvenomous snakes? Meet the shieldtails.
Text: Peeyush Sekhsaria
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Photo credits:
1: Dhritiman Mukherjee @dhritiman_mukherjee
2: Rajesh Vijayarajan Photography/Getty Images
3: Shaji Maheswaran / 500px/Getty Images
4, 6, 7, 26: Shreeram MV @mvshreeram
5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25: Surya Ramachandran @surya_ramachandran
11, 14, 19, 22, 29, 30: ePhotocorp/Getty Images
15: Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BYSA 4.0
24: RealityImages/Shutterstock
27: Jidnesh Doshi, CC BYSA 4.0
28: Viral joshi, CC BY 4.0
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