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How do rattlesnakes rattle?

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The sections at the end of their tail are hollow and loosely connected to each other. The Rattlesnake vibrates its tail when annoyed or disturbed - causing the loose sections to rub together - which we hear as the characteristic rattle.

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The Rattlesnake has at the tip of it's segmented tail an appendage of keratin that , when shaken , rattle .

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