RATTLESNAKE

FAMILY

• Rattlesnakes lay eggs.
• They lay 4 - 10 eggs.

WHAT RATTLESNAKES EAT

• Rattlesnakes eat mice.
• They swallow animals whole.
• Some rattlesnakes eat only six times a year.

WHAT RATTLESNAKES LOOK LIKE

• Rattlesnakes have a rattle at the end of their tail.
• Scales grow out of their skin.
• The rattlesnake sheds its skin.
• Its ears are inside its body.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Rattlesnakes are cold blooded.
• They talk with their tails.
• Rattlesnakes hear with their bodies.
• They smell with their tongues.

WHERE RATTLESNAKES LIVE

• Most rattlesnakes live in the United States and Northern Mexico.
• They live in forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps, and deserts.
• They live in a house called a den.