Rattle Snake Research Paper

Have you ever seen the blue tongued rattle snake? It’s a very rare snake that lives in Florida. It is one of the most interesting snakes in the world. It is very beautiful. It skinned has been used in many thing because of its texture. It has a very unique sound that only it can do. Sadly it’s hunted illegally because it is a delicacy in some places though. Which will be given in more detail throughout this essay.

This snake’s skin color has many scientist confused. Why the scientist are confused is because for unknown reasons this snake can change its skin color to match its skin color. Some believe that it learned to change color through evolution. Others that human interaction has messed with the snakes DNA. Some believe that the snake is actually midnight black. Some say its banana yellow. We may never be sure but when humans come in contact with
It can change from silky soft to rock hard at will. Most scientist believe it to do this so that it can swim easier and if predators attack it the snake can turn its skin hard so that it can’t get hurt. When this snake dies however its skin is like is how it will stay till it’s destroyed. This is why some people wants its skin. Some want it for fashionable reasons while others want the hard skin for sharpening knives and other things. Its tail is sometimes used as special cups that some believe grant healing powers but this has not been proven.

Some scientist believe that some snakes can communicate through hissing. But this snake has a sound of its own. Scientist have said, “It sound is between a low roar and a deep hiss.” The sound has been known to travel two miles. Some believe it to evolve this so that it can find a mate much faster than usual. Others believe that they evolved this trait to scare predators away. People in some countries which I’ve been sworn not to say have illegally. They say that the snakes meat taste like a mix between quail and