The rattlesnake's menacing sound comes from its rattle tail. The rattle is composed of a series of nested, hollow beads which are actually modified scales from the tail tip. The rattling occurs when the snakes are threatened.
When born, baby rattlesnakes have a button of thick, dead skin on the tip of their tail. Each time they shed their skin a new segment of the rattle is left behind which interlocks with the previous segment.
A rattle snake makes the rattle sound my hitting the dead bits of skin on the end of their tail together also the louder the rattle the bigger the snake hope it helps;/
From dead skin
Rattlesnakes give live birth - they are ovoviviparous. Yes, they will rattle while gravid.
Well, they are born with their rattle. And everytime the snake sheds another rattle is added.
Its teeth. And it`s rattle.
No. Copperheads and rattlesnakes are related, but the copperhead is notable in that it lacks a rattle.
True rattlesnakes (with a rattle on the tip of their tail) are not found in Africa.
no, venom is in the head not the tail
Rattle their tail
No, nor to strike.
The head, tongue, rattle.
The end of it's tail
what does rattle snakes inherit from their parents
No, only rattlesnakes have rattles on their tails.