Northwestern+Neotropical+Rattlesnake

Are you afraid of snakes? If you aren’t you should be because they are considered a threat to human kind, especially the Rattlesnake. Feared because of its powerful venom the type of venom the Rattlesnake gives off works primarily on the central nerve system with affects muscle control, respiration, and the senses. At night when its dark outside you may think you are safe from the rattle snake, well you are not. The rattle shake has inferred sensors so it can sense warm blooded creatures making it easier to kill its prey.

The rattlesnake is a reptile. A reptile is a cold-blooded species which means they have to keep their body tempiture colder than a human by avoiding the sun. Like humans, reptiles are vertebrates or an animal with a backbone. Although they are vertebrates reptiles have leathery scales not wet scales like fish do. Reptiles are not mammals, most reptiles lay eggs. Reptiles have an astonishing amount of species, a total of 8,734 compared to the mammals 4,629 amount of species.

The northwestern Neotropical Rattlesnake is light gray with black diamonds going down its back. On average this rattlesnake is about 8lbs and 4 feet long. All rattlesnakes have rattles at the end of their tails. This breed of Rattlesnake has a rattle that is only 8 to 11 segments long because longer rattles can get stuck between rocks and break off. In captivity their rattles can be up to 20 segments because they are monitored and protected. Ani,Dillon,Whitney, and Matt