Rattlesnake Roundup

Rattlesnakes walk

We saw 2 dead rattlesnakes while walking this morning!  Ivory paid no attention, but Ebony took a good long look.

Test your snake knowledge

True or False?

1. The Western Diamondback always rattles to warn a victim.
2. The snake rattles to dispense a poisonous dust into the air.
3. It can charm a bird out of a tree.
4. It imprints its appearance on the fetal child of a pregnant woman.
5. It can grow to be ten or even twelve feet long.
6. It swallows its young to protect them from harm.
7. It will not crawl across a horse-hair rope.
8. Its venom, flesh, skin or rattles can cure various human diseases and wounds.
9. Its eyes, clouded by a loosening skin prior to shedding, impair its vision.
10. It can live for more than twenty years.
11. Its age corresponds to the number of its rattles.
12. Its venom can retain its potency for years.

(1-8, false; 9 and 10, true; 11, false; 12, true)

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