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=Our Animal Research= = = We studied Native Americans and the region they lived in the United States. We know that where the Native Americans lived affected how they lived. We decided to research the animals of a specific region and here is what we learned!! toc =Group:=

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=Our names:=

Jacob,Douglas

=Animal we are researching:=

Rattle snake

=Picture of our animal:=

=The region of the United States where you can find our animal:=

South West

=Video of our animal:=

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=Link for facts about our animal:=

http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/facts-rattlesnake.htm http://www.rattlesnakesfacts.com/index.html

=Interesting facts we found our animal:=

Rattle snakes are best known for there rattle.Rattlesnakes are found in the southern parts of the United States. The rattlesnake babies are born with what is called a pre-button. The rattles are empty, so what makes the noise? The noise comes from each segment knocking together, so until a rattlesnake has two or more pieces it isn’t going to make a sound! But when it does…you WILL hear it…and you WILL RUN! There are 16 different types of Rattlers such as the Eastern Diamondback, Western Diamondback, Sidewinder and the Speckled, just to name a few Snake’s scales are made up of something called Keratin, which is the same thing that our fingernails are made from. The baby snake loses this piece when it sheds its skin for the first time. When a rattle Snake sheds a new butten apears The noise comes from each segment knocking together, so until a rattlesnake has two or more pieces it isn’t going to make a sound! Rattlesnakes are found in the southern parts of the United States, from the deserts to the mountains and grow between 3 and 4 feet (.9 to 1.2 m) long Rattlesnakes feed on rodents, squirrels, rabbits and other small critters