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Photo Gallery: Rattlesnakes
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Photo: A coiled prairie rattlesnake
Photo: A coiled prairie rattlesnakePhoto: A prairie rattlesnakePhoto: A Mojave rattlesnake curled up among rocksPhoto: A western diamondback rattlesnake rests on a bed of gravelPhoto: A western diamondback rattlesnake coiled in an S-curve on the groundPhoto: A western Massasauga rattlesnake curled up on dead leaves amid grassPhoto: A sidewinder rattlesnake etches its pattern in the sand
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This prairie rattlesnake is poised to strike. Adult rattlesnakes, unlike juveniles, are able to regulate the amount of venom in their bites.
Photograph by Chris Johns

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