how dose a rattle snake tail rattle?

Answer 1

the same way the original toy does..ithas lil beads in its tail

Answer 2

The rattle, unique among snakes, consists of short, horny segments of keratin, the same material that makes up your fingernails and hair. Rattlers add a segment each time they shed, which may be several times a year or not at all. But segments also wear away and drop off as the animal moves about, making their number a poor indication of age. Although they become broader and less tapered as the snake ages, segments are not symmetrical. Their shape allows more vertical movement than horizontal and permits more upward movement than downward. This allows the snake to hold the rattle away from the abrasive ground when traveling and limits its tendency to drag even when relaxed. The chilling buzz is produced by raising the tail and shaking it rapidly - ranging from 21 cycles per second to nearly a hundred - back and forth. Experts believe that the speed of the rattle's cycle increases as the snake becomes more agitated and can serve as an indication of its willingness to strike.



The rattle is composed of a series of nested, hollow beads which are actually modified scales from the tail tip. Each time the snake sheds its skin, a new rattle segment is added. Since they may shed their skins several times a year depending on food supply and growth rates and since the rattle can and does break, there is a little truth to the claim that one can tell a rattlesnake's age from the number of beads in its rattle. Newborn rattlesnakes do not have functional rattles; it isn't until after they have shed their skin for the first time that they gain an additional bead, which beats against the first bead, known as the button, to create the rattling sound. Adult snakes may lose their rattles on occasion, but more appear at each molting. In wet weather if the rattle has absorbed sufficient water, it will not make noise.

Even with a useful rattle, a rattlesnake might not always give warning. Some speculate that rattlesnakes that use their rattles around humans are often killed and natural selection may favor rattlesnakes that do not give advance warning.

Answer 3

Every time a rattlesnake moults its skin, it leaves an extra segment on the end (the rattle is effectively dead skin). So each year its rattle grows bigger. The segments are loose enough to hit against each other when shaken, creating the rattle. Baby rattlers hatch with just the first button - so they vibrate their tails if alarmed, but you can't hear the rattle!

Answer 4

A hollow rattle on the tail makes a buzzing sound when it moves. After each molt (losing the old skin), the rattle has another section added to it. Older rattlesnakes usually have a longer rattle (unless it has been broken off).

Answer 5

The rattlesnake like all other reptiles has its skin covered by scales. Snakes will usually moult and get rid of the old skin to show a new one which has grown underneath.

Rattlesnakes keep a segment of old scales which are dry and loosely attached to each other at the end of their tails and this increases by one segment with each moult. The number of segments at the end of their tales therefore also serves to show how old the snakes are.

Rattlesnakes like most other venomous snakes will usually warn before making a strike. Their warning is by shaking the loosely held segments at the end of their tails which produces the characteristic rattling sound.

Answer 6

It moves it and it makes a sounds like it rattles. It's a hollow part of the tail i believe.

Answer 7

The end of the tail has a series of loosely attached, horny segments that can be vibrated to produce a rattling or buzzing sound.

Answer 8

got a rattle in its tail

Answer 9

its small layers of a hard type texture with what seems like little beads or something in it, you better back away if u hear it, we have them here and they are highly mad especially if its already been provoked.

Answer 10

hollow tail