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Yes - they locate their prey by means of heat-sensitive 'pits' on their upper lip.
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how do rattlesnakes fit in the food web?
Rattlesnakes are secondary consumers.
How do rattlesnakes get water from their food?
The food that it get has a juice inside it
What does rattlesnakes need for survival?
food
Why do you think the bird populations decreased sharply after the rattlesnakes were eliminated?
If the birds ate the rattlesnakes, their only source of food would disappear. This would cause the birds to starve to death.
Why do rattlesnakes depend on rabbits and prairie dogs?
Rabbits and prairie dogs are food sources for larger rattlesnakes. Rattlesnakes sometimes use prairie dog burrows for shelter.
What do rattlesnakes hunt for food?
Rattlesnakes rarely "hunt" for food but lay in ambush for the prey to come to them - small animals such as mice, rats, squirrels as well as small birds and an occasional lizard.
Why are rattlesnakes mean?
Rattlesnakes are not mean. Rattlesnakes are simply being rattlesnakes. They are near the bottom of the food chain and fear almost everything bigger than themselves. They defend themselves when necessary by striking out and biting. If left alone, they do not do so.
Do rattlesnakes eat rodents?
Yes. Rodents are a rattlesnake's primary food.
What do rattlesnakes eat for food?
Rattlesnakes eat a variety of rodents, such as mice and rats. The width of the rodent should be equal to the width at the widest part of the snake.
How do rattlesnakes ignore plants and animals?
First of all, rattlesnakes do not ignore animals. They hunt them for food. Secondly, Rattlesnakes, like all animals, have a sense of sight. They can tell the difference between a plant, which they don't eat, and an animal, which they do.
How does a rattlesnake food chain start?
All food chains begin with plants. Small mammals consume plants or their seeds and these animals then become prey for rattlesnakes. Of course, rattlesnakes they are preyed upon by larger animals.
How do rattlesnakes ingest their food?
They swallow it whole. most the time head first.
