Their scaly skin glistens but is dry is to the touch. Females give birth to about 10 live young, born without a rattle. Rattlers kill prey with venom, which also contains digestive enzymes that begin to dissolve the meat even before the snake eats it. Like all snakes, they swallow prey whole, head first. The top and bottom jaws are attached to each other with stretchy ligaments, which let the snake swallow animals that are wider than the snake itself.
Rattlesnakes eat rodents, lizards, and other small animals.
Eagles and people are predators of the rattlesnake. Without our visitors' support, Enchanted Learning would soon be off-line.