What are some good facts about rattlesnakes?

Answer 1

Rattlesnakes help control the populations of rodents, many of which can carry diseases deadly to man. Rodents are also in direct competition with man for food and destroy or contaminate large amounts of human food every year.

Answer 2

• All rattlesnake species live within the Western Hemisphere. The majority of these are found within North America (the United States, Mexico and Central America).
• There are about 30 species of rattlesnake in the world, and all of them are covered here in the rattlesnake database.
• The largest rattlesnake is the eastern diamondback (Crotalus adamanteus), which can grow to a length of eight feet.
• All rattlesnakes are members of the Viperidae family of snakes (subfamily http://wiki.answers.com/squamata/pit-vipers.php), a family that also includes copperheads, vipers and more. All members of this family are venomous.
• Like other members of the Viperidae family, the rattlesnakes are called pit vipers because they have a heat-sensing pit on each side of their head, roughly between the nostril and the eye. These pits are used to detect warmblooded prey. Rattlesnakes can detect differences in temperature down to a fraction of a degree.
• All rattlesnakes fall into one of two genera -- Crotalus and Sistrurus. The Crotalus genus accounts for the vast majority of rattlesnake species.
• Rattlesnakes are ovoviviparous, which means they give birth to live young (5 to 20 at a time). They do not lay eggs like most North American snakes. Instead, the female retains the egg inside her body. So the baby rattlesnakes are born fully formed, ready to hunt and ready to defend themselves!
• Counting the "buttons" on a rattlesnake's rattle is not an accurate measure of the snake's age. Rattlesnakes get extra buttons in conjunction with how often they shed, and they may shed several times in a year. The buttons on the end of the rattle tend to break off, as well.

Answer 3

Rattlesnakes consume large numbers of rodents which can carry diseases deadly to humans. Rodents also damage or destroy vast quantities of human food, such as grains. Rattlesnakes are beneficial and helpful to humans and should be left alone to do their work.

Answer 4

Rattlesnake venom is used to cure snake bites. They also eat rodents such as mice and rats.
Venom can cure snakebits and they eat rodents
they make food for some predators

Answer 5

It can eat what ever is trying to attack it.

It can camoflage in very well with grass so its victims cant see it.

Answer 6

ALL animals have their specific spot in the complex food chain of an ecosystem. If one species goes, typically other species will follow.

Answer 7

They eat mice. And they are a food source for honey badgers.

Answer 8

Rattlesnakes help control populations of rodents that can carry a number of dangerous diseases. Rodents also are in direct competition with humans for food.