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How do rattlesnakes capture prey?
Rattlesnakes ambush small prey with a bite and inject venom that quickly kills the prey.
Can rattlesnakes control their bite?
Young rattlesnakes have little control of their venom and are prone to injecting all they have when they bite. Adults can control the amount of venom and do not like to waste it as it may mean going hungry for a few weeks until they replenish the supply. Sometimes they will give a dry bite as a warning and inject no venom.
Can rattlesnakes control their venomous bite?
Young rattlesnakes have little control of their venom and are prone to injecting all they have when they bite. Adults can control the amount of venom and do not like to waste it as it may mean going hungry for a few weeks until they replenish the supply. Sometimes they will give a dry bite as a warning and inject no venom.
How many different rattlesnakes have poisionous venom?
None. The venom is not poisonous. It can be, in most case, eaten without problems. Venom must be injected into body tissues to cause harm. All rattlesnakes have venom with varying degrees of toxicity.
Are baby rattlesnake bites worse than adult bites?
Adult rattlesnakes and baby rattlesnakes have the same venom. However, adult rattlesnakes can control the amount of venom they inject and may not inject any venom at all (a dry bite). Baby rattlesnakes cannot control the amount of venom they inject and are more likely to inject their entire supply.
Does a rattlesnake use posion to kill its prey?
Yes rattlesnakes use venom or poison to it's pray. First it goes through the venom glands to the teeth and then they bite and then the pray has venom in it.
Do rattlesnakes have poison in their fangs?
Absolutely. Rattlesnakes enter the world armed with both fangs and venom, and are immediately deadly. In fact, when the snake is young they are extremely dangerous. Young rattlers will readily stike when they feel threatened. They do not have any control over the amount of venom that they deliver in a bite (as opposed to adults who are capable of delivering bites without injecting venom, called a "dry bite"). The babies bite and pump massive quantites of their potent venom into the victim, helping to ensure their survival.
How does a rattlesnake eat?
Rattlesnakes are Venomous with two syringe-like fangs, they bite and inject the venom into their prey and then swallow them whole.
Is a rattlesnakes bite poisonous?
Rattlesnakes are not poisonous but they are venomous. A poison is something that must be ingested to do damage. A venom must be injected. Snake venom can be eaten and will cause no harm unless there is an open sore in the mouth or stomach that provides entry of the venom into the blood and tissues.
Does rattlesnakes venom kill rattlesnakes if bit by a different snake?
nothing will happen if rattle snakes will bite each other they still will live
How do rattlesnakes increase their chances of survival?
~They use their rattles to distract their attacker so they can strike at them and get away ~they can use there venom to bite the attacker.
Is there venom in a rattlesnakes rattle?
no, venom is in the head not the tail
