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Juvenile rattlesnakes, like adult rattlesnakes, pose the same danger if encountered and threatened.
Rattlesnakes are coming out of hibernation, but not many have been sighted in the area, compared to previous years. The young tend to get more panicky and inject all their venom all at once. Venom is injected in a microsecond. Like adult rattlesnakes, baby rattlesnakes feed off of warm-blooded prey. The snakes can see infra-red light produced by warm objects.