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In this bonus episode, Ali Ashraf discusses his research on the distribution and evolution of water snakes.

Happy Snake Month! In this bonus episode, we're joined by friend of the podcast Ali Ashraf to talk about his research on the distribution and evolution of water snakes! This month only! Join the Snakes & Crocs Tier on our Patreon to receive a Snake Month sticker and to contribute to charitable donations toward reptile and other wildlife conservation!www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast This year, our donations are going toward:Save the Snakeshttps://savethesnakes.org/The Crocodile Research Coalitionhttps://crocodileresearchcoalition.org/The Natural Resources Defense Councilhttps://www.nrdc.org/ Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org

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