How Do Rattlesnakes Produce Their Distinctive Sound?
Correct answer: With a rattle at the end of the tail
Andi
I don't like snakes!! No way, no how!! Especially after the serpent from the Bible.
zeek the flavor freak
They may shed there skin 2 or 3 times a year.
I, Claudius
A rattlesnake's rattle is made of keratin, the same protein found in your fingernails and hair. Each time a rattlesnake sheds its skin, it adds a new segment to the rattle, but these segments can also break off easily, so you can't tell a snake's age by counting them.
davy
when they shed a new rattle is made as well.
Some older snakes might have 12 or more if left alone.
Yana
Even the pygmy rattlesnakes are intimidating.