Made for Attack It’s night It’s hunting time for this hungry rattlesnake It senses the heat from a mouse The rattler waits The mouse gets closer Strike The rattler bites Venom or poison kills the mouse quickly Then the snake opens its jaws wide It swallows the mouse whole This rattler won’t need to eat again for days 4
5 Rattlesnakes eat mice and rats
Q What if a fang breaks 6 Venom drips from a rattler’s fangs
Rattlesnakes are the most dangerous snakes in the United States They have needle-like fangs filled with venom Venom flows through the fangs when the snake bites its prey The fangs fold back when the snake closes its mouth They lie on the roof of the snake’s mouth A Rattlers have new fangs behind the old ones Every 6 to 10 weeks new fangs grow in They replace broken or lost ones 7
