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An Illinois road is closed due to a, snake migration?!

An Illinois road is closed due to a, snake migration?!

Wildlife workers have shut down a two-mile stretch of road to vehicles through late October due to a yearly snake migration. The roadway in Shawnee National Forest, is now closed so 23 species of snakes can cross, some endangered. In the summer, they live in LaRue Swamp and in the winter they live in the limestone bluffs.…