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What do rattlesnakes hunt for food?

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10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

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.

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