%PDF-1.6 %���� They eat a variety of small prey like mice, rats, and other small rodents, as well as smaller species of birds. Behavior And Habitat. They also prey on small birds, frogs, other small animals, including other snakes. They lie in wait for their prey, then strike with their venomous fangs to immobilize it. Female timber rattlers often bask in the sun before giving birth, in open rocky areas known as "basking knolls". The diet of Timber rattlesnakes varies geographically depending upon the kind mammalian prey available. endstream endobj startxref Michigan is the only state in the Midwest that doesn’t consist the Timber rattlesnake. Canebrake or Timber Rattlesnake Appearance And Diet. h�bbd``b`��@�� These snakes are carnivores, which means that they only eat other animals. Birds can also fall prey to this incredible species that particularly feeds on Peromyscus. Diet of the Timber Rattlesnake. Once the prey is dead, the rattlesnake will swallow it head first. Rattlesnakes are stealthy hunters. endstream endobj 155 0 obj <> endobj 156 0 obj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 157 0 obj <>stream It does exist in Florida, but only in the very northern portions. The Timber Rattlesnake is known as the Crotalus Horridus which is its Latin name, and is one of the most numerous species of venomous snakes in the United States. Although it isn’t considered to be a particularly great threat to people, it does have potent venom and has long fangs to deliver it, but the numbers of attacks on people are relatively few and far between. In the southern %%EOF The species became an important symbol during the American Revolution, and in 2008 the state of West Virginia adopted the Timber Rattlesnake as its official state reptile. 162 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[]/Index[154 15]/Info 153 0 R/Length 59/Prev 986013/Root 155 0 R/Size 169/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Information About the Snakes of North America - Timber Rattlesnake. 168 0 obj <>stream states, it's often called the Canebrake Rattlesnake. 154 0 obj <> endobj They also like to have reptiles, birds and amphibians as well. They eat rats, mice, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels, voles, and birds. The geographic range of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) encompasses most of the eastern half of the United States. Although the overall diet composition of C. horridus has been well documented and has been reported to be very broad, local population variation has not been studied. They also eat birds, lizards and amphibians. Timber rattlesnakes are carnivores and their diet includes mainly small mammals. The Timber rattlesnake likes to have mammals like rabbits, chipmunks, moles, mice and weasels in their diet. When there is a scarcity of rocky dens, Timbers may often utilize eroded stream banks for example in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.

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