They Cut Into A Rattlesnake's Tail, But Couldn't Believe They'd Find THIS

By Editorial Staff in Nature On 14th April 2016
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#1 Lincoln and his dad Dan took a trip to the Phoenix Zoo, but this was not your average trip

They went there to compare the rattle they purchased on Ebay to those of the living, moving rattlers in the Phoenix Zoo.

#2 There are 32 different species of rattlesnake, but they all have the telltale rattle

The rattle is capable of making 50 rattling sounds per second, which gives approaching people or animals time to stop in their tracks.

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#3 They can also rattle for 3-4 hours continuously

Which is to say, these snakes obviously like the sound of their own tail. Narcissists.

#4 There are no balls or free-moving objects within the tail that make it rattle

When the second layer in the rattle is formed, it can make noise, and length of the rattle does not necessarily correlate to the number of years the snake has been alive