The rattle, like a maraca, is what distinguishes them from other snakes. Baby rattlesnakes usually have a small rattle or button when they are born. According to National Geographic, if you can ...

Vipers like the timber rattlesnakes and the eastern diamondbacks are venomous snakes with long formidable fangs. They derive their family name Viperidae from the Latin vivus, “alive” and parer ...