Essex: Cody Corelli, 8, gets an up close view of a Timber Rattlesnake while sitting in the front row next to his sister Skyler, 4, as Rick Roth presents Snake of Massachusetts and the world out behind TOHP Burnham Library in Essex Thursday evening. The Timber Rattlesnake is one of two venomous snakes that can be found in Massachusetts. Mary Muckenhoupt/Gloucester Daily Times

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