They do....I have seen it more with Copperhead and (interestingly enough) Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake babies in captivity but I am sure they all do it in the wild. You see quite a few adult Duskys with no rattles, I'm sure some of them lose the tips of thier tails and as a result the ability to develop rattles through subsequent sheds from lizards or maybe larger predators like birds or rodents "taking the bait" when they are small. That has to be a hell of a surprise, sitting there trying to entice a small frog into range and a Wren or sparrow, which has to look like a Dinosaur to a baby pyg, flies down and bites your tail off LOL

Cantils are the most interesting in thier use of thier tails, they hold them above thier coils in a position that looks exactly like a old style shepards staff.....

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• Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Horridus, Thu Jul 5 08:26:55 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - tmshaffer, Thu Jul 5 10:13:53 2007
• Horridus..., - FRoberts, Thu Jul 5 15:51:03 2007
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• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - BGF, Thu Jul 5 17:55:20 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Horridus, Fri Jul 6 10:57:30 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - goregrind, Fri Jul 6 08:13:27 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Horridus, Fri Jul 6 11:01:54 2007
• Horridus....??? - FRoberts, Fri Jul 6 13:41:56 2007
• RE: Horridus....??? - Horridus, Sat Jul 7 11:06:20 2007
• cantils... - FRoberts, Sat Jul 7 14:21:58 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - Uk_Hybrids, Fri Jul 6 14:53:09 2007
• F2 Generation in the works - REPTILE4U, Sat Jul 7 21:28:23 2007
• RE: F2 Generation in the works - Horridus, Thu Jul 12 10:39:29 2007
• RE: Cottonmouth X Copperhead Project - ajfreptiles, Wed Jul 11 22:12:56 2007
• Thank you to everyone! np - Horridus, Thu Jul 12 10:40:03 2007