Rattlesnake

The rattlesnake, or rattler for some cowpokes, is a highly venomous snake found all across North America.
==Black Mamba==
They can be built using the Black Mamba as a baseline.
== Realistically ==
Realistically, a clever adventurer should easily avoid rattlers with real-world methods, see here. A true white-hat wanderer won't go shooting rattler's just 'cause they're snakes--they're just animals like anything else, just a bit better at biting. 
== Cinematically ==
In adventures however, rattlers have a habit of getting into an adventurer's boots, slithering out under old shacks, or being tossed around by North American serpent wizards. Legend says stagecoaches 'round these parts hide rattlers in their express boxes, removing them with hooked sticks at the offices!
== Natural Predators ==
Juvenile rattlers are preyed upon by all manner of small mammal, and other snakes--the common kingsnake is even immune to rattlesnake venom, and can prey on adult rattlers. Roadrunners, despite being relatively small, will even attack small rattlesnakes. Most predators of the desert--eagles, hawks, owls, wild pigs, other snakes, and coyotes--they all prey on rattlesnakes, if they can.
== Cinematic Rattlers ==
As with all natural things, mythic examples make things bigger, more potent, and more complex. Intelligent rattlesnakes, like wizard familiars, may find powerful symbiotic relationships with larger, meat-eating allies. A rattlesnake can poison a creature much larger than itself.. but may need a thumb-capable ally to cut it into snake-friendly pieces. Likewise, a humanoid creature might be able to position traps or signal the snake for complex ambushes.
==References==
*Anon's Animal Album (July 2nd 2021)
Category:Animals