Tube Keeps Endangered Mangshan Pit Viper From Slithering Away During X-Rays At Denver Zoo
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DENVER (CBS4)- A Mangshan pit viper that lives at the Denver Zoo had to take a trip to the veterinarian's office and wasn't too happy about it. Probably because the veterinarians and zookeepers put her in a clear plastic tube to take an X-ray!
The endangered snake needed her bone health evaluated and the X-ray was the best way to do it.
The snake is an endangered species native to the southern mountains in China. Very few zoos have pit vipers in captivity.
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