Rattlesnakes Research Paper

Improved Essays
Have you ever wondered if Rattlesnakes can sense fear?They can by using their hyper-active adrenaline glands.Rattlesnakes are very weird a behave differently from other snakes.They also live in many different places.Rattlesnake’s bodies are very complex,and involve many things.Rattlesnakes can lead very interesting lives, live in very strange places,and their bodies can be very complex pieces of living tissue.
A rattler’s behavior depends on the situation the rattler is in. When threatened,the snake shakes it rattle as a warning.The rattler raises it’s head when ready to strike, acting as another warning.It’s final warning is extending its fangs to show you how deadly it is.When hunting,they stay completely still.They stay like this until

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    What the hawk means to First Nations peoples who live in its habitat Being a bird species native to most of North America, the red-tailed hawk is a part of many First Nations cultures, most of whom view it as a symbol of courage, strength, and power. Since North America is so vast that there are bound to be discrepancies between the beliefs of different First Nations peoples, this writeup shall deal with the different meanings the hawk can have to different tribes, including some in British Columbia. In some cases, literature about the hawk’s importance to First Nations peoples have been drowned out by websites which do not appear reliable; as such, some pieces of information about the similar and much more well-documented hawk are also included in this writeup. The Cheyenne tribe from the Great Plains believe that hawks warn and protect one of impending danger from one’s enemies.…

    • 509 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Grizzly Bear Vincent Bauer Ecology March 3, 2017 Mr. Kopanke The Grizzly Bear, also known as the North American brown bear, or even more rarely as the Silvertip Bear is one of the largest land animals on the planet. It stands about 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall to the shoulder, and 1.8-2.4 meters (6-8 feet) long. When standing, it can stand up to 3.6 meters (12 feet) high. They weigh anywhere from 136 to 362 kilograms (300-800 pounds) , but the largest grizzly bear ever shot by a hunter weighed over 635 kilograms (1400 pounds). Habitat While they are at the top of the food chain in their environment, their habitat is greatly decreased from previous years.…

    • 1034 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    If a person has a very bad aim and tries to shoot a snake it can go wrong very quickly, they could…

    • 324 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This snake is destroying your home and you don’t even know it and it’s right there. The Burmese Python, this python is over throwing the Everglades of Florida. This snake could kill you hometown. The Burmese Python is changing the people in Florida.…

    • 371 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Poison Bites Cobras are famous for the threatening hood at their neck. They spread the hood out when says they feel threatened or angry. Nag and Nagaina are two snakes in the story, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”. They have a evil intention to kill the owners of the bungalow and Rikki-Tikki, the mongoose. They are both quite sneaky and cruel but one hovers over the other when it comes to killing others… especially in slyness.…

    • 644 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    COTTONMOUTHS and RATTLESNAKES Have you seen something slithering in the grass? Cottonmouths and rattlesnakes have similarities and differences in their traits, diet, habitat. Both cottonmouths and rattlesnakes have similar traits,but rattlesnakes will warn you before it strikes and cottonmouths will sit there until its prey is close enough to strike. Rattlesnakes have large bodies. They also are venomous and they have a large triangular heads to store the venom.…

    • 179 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The man’s “first instinct” after seeing the snake “was to let him go his way”, avoiding confrontation. This shows that the man initially did not want to do anything to the snake. However, the man’s intentions were changed when he realized “there were children, dogs, horses at the ranch” who could be harmed if he didn’t kill the snake. Furthermore, “men and women” were also in danger. The man felt as if it was his “duty” to protect, for the sake of those he cared about.…

    • 805 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Impact The environmental issue is how the Brown Tree Snakes are making native species extinct. This can affect the local, regional and global scale in multiple ways. This problem affects the local level because the snakes eat the species on the island weakening and eventually change the ecosystem and cause power outages for residents on Guam. This problem also affects them on a regional level because in the future the snakes might spread to other regional island and also weaken their ecosystems and damage human structures.…

    • 444 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Burmese Pythons Problems

    • 501 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The enormity of these snakes is astounding length up to twenty-two feet and two hundred pounds. When killing its pray they squeeze until the animal dies and they swallow it Whole. Pythons have strong an intense coil that allow it to have a robust and a powerful grip. People…

    • 501 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The organization of “The Rattler” by Donald Culross, Novel, 1941, moves from pleasant to uneasy then to relieved. The rancher first experiences a peaceful walk out into the desert until encountered by something else. The theme man versus nature is expressed once he figured out that it’s in the best interest of the livestock and the people to end the snake’s life. As the rancher starts his walk it turns from pleasant to uneasy to finally a sense of relief.…

    • 240 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Today is October 10, 1805, we have reached the Snake river. We decided to to rest and meet up with the Indians by the Columbia river. Along with our meeting with the Indians we found a new food source, dried salmon. On October 20, 1805 we were around the Columbia river where we we saw these black birds that had a long neck and a orange beak they were near the mouth of the Umatilla river.…

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Invasion Of Iraq Dbq

    • 739 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In comparison to snakes,the government is hoping to deny it's people a chance and wishes to strike but,as long as the government contains full power the more war will occur and we may have ,as prior, draft souls into the field of combat. Due to the governemts past failures ,it has, once again,received it's people and slaughtered a mass quantity as well,grieving Americans and foreigners alike ,she'd tears of…

    • 739 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Some people may think of a long, venomous, bloodthirsty animal who is trying to kill whatever it sees. Well though that is the image people get when they think of snakes its far from the truth. Snakes have been portrayed as evil creatures as far back as when the bible was created. Of the 2,200 or more snake species in the world on 20% of them are…

    • 1079 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    How dangerous can a rattlesnake or moccasin bite really be for a dog? Rattlesnakes and cotton mouths, which are also known as moccasins, are very common in the Southern region of the United States. Both are highly venomous snakes, and can cause humans and animals many health issues, and have the ability to kill them. It can be a challenge to recognize these snakes from other snakes found in this region, and they love to bask in the sun when it’s warm outside.…

    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Essay On Serpent Symbolism

    • 1739 Words
    • 7 Pages

    The snake was labeled as one of the most wise animals because its natural instincts to have “herbal knowledge and entheogenic association” (Serpent). The serpent can be known to be in the form of a snake, but it is more about the symbolism, rather than the actual form. A serpent is not something that can be found when walking in the woods. Instead, it is the term used to represent and bring imagery in mythological and religious…

    • 1739 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays