Question

What are 10 rattlesnake adaptations?

Answer 1

Hint:
- Rattlesnakes are hunters who hunt small mammals including birds and mice in a variety of environments.
- Rattlesnakes derive their name from the rattle at the end of their necks, which when jiggled makes a loud rattling sound.
- The sound they produce helps to attract prey that they feed on.

Complete answer:
Rattlesnakes are venomous reptiles that belong to the same family as pit vipers. Rattlesnakes, like nearly all reptiles, have their adaptations. There are the following:
- Legs are missing.
- External ears are missing. Both of these adaptations allow them to survive and travel in tight spaces.
- Rattlesnakes have a thermal sensor, a heat-sensing pit in front of the eye (similar to pit vipers), that allows them to detect and monitor warm-blooded prey, mostly rodents.
- The rattlesnake's tongue is forked at the tip.
- With a special olfactory gland, they can detect objects stuck to the forked end of the tongue.
- Snakes have more teeth within their mouths, in addition to their fangs, to help them digest still-living prey.
- Snake jaws are joined by ligaments, making them very flexible, allowing the snake to swallow large prey.
- The upper jaw has a pair of toxin fangs that are attached to venom glands.
- Rattlesnakes fit in well with their environment due to their scaly skin's usual coloration.
- The rattlesnake is named for a special alarm system that it possesses. Rattle is a kind of dry skin at the end of the body that has been changed. Tail movements produce a rattling sound.

Note: Rattlesnake’s bite needs a medical emergency. There are 24 species of rattlesnakes on the planet. They’re considered as one of the deadliest snakes present on earth. The eastern diamond rattlesnake is the largest of the 24 rattlesnake’s specie present all around the globe.