Western diamondback rattlesnake

Fiona.

So while we were studying fetuins in the North American rattlesnake, we stuck to the species Crotulus atrox, or the Western Diamondback.

in which nothing was known.

And when we studied this in our previous paper, we showed that FETWIN3 brings an interesting twist.

In the Asian species where FETWIN3 orthologs had no inhibitory activity at all, we saw that FETWIN3 here in our western diamondback seemed to inhibit metalloproteinase activity.

We found this actual opposite of what the previous findings were.

Given that this protein was earlier written off as functionless in one lineage, and it seems to be the workhorse in our study, this contradiction is kind of what pulled us deeper into studying this gene family.

And individually, they can have some activities, but it was collectively that they have the most activity.

The desert may appear still and devoid of life, but because of that water, the truth is it's hiding everywhere, just beneath the surface, in all shapes and sizes.

Western Diamondback, Tiger Rattlesnake, Javi Rattlesnake, Blacktail Rattlesnake.

That's a lot of rattlesnakes.

It's a lot.

We drove back the The other way, we didn't drive through Douglas that time, and it was a pretty good night.

We saw quite a few things, the typical Western Diamondbacks and the Mojave Rattlesnakes.

Interestingly, we were the first car for a little while, and we kept seeing great horned owls on the road.

Us too, yeah.