Their tails end in a series of rattles, which they use as a warning signal. Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) coiled next to car wheel. Image via Deposit Photos The venom of Timber Rattlesnakes ...
Back in 1984, at 34, I decapitated a 42-inch-long rattlesnake. Crotalus horridus was sunning itself on the gravel driveway of ...