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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Tiger snakes evolve at break-neck speed

Baby tiger snakes from an island off WA show astonishing evolutionary changes in just a year. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

In 1930, a travelling showman is said to have made a secretive trip to an island off Western Australia to set 40 beloved tiger snakes free.

Suffice to say the preceding few years hadn't been easy for Rocky Vane. There'd been constant run-ins with authorities over his high-risk show, amid efforts to shut down the carnivals where he performed.

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