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Posted by: Matt Harris at Wed Nov 2 07:18:36 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Matt Harris ] ..more of a physiological response to being scared or feeling threatened. Its no different than when people get nervous and start tapping their fingers on a desk or their toes to calm themselves down. Snakes don't have much choice other than vibrating their tails. Rattlesnakes just took the concept and improved on it...possibly because of the risk of being trampled by larger animals that had poor hearing or because of living in a grassland where few dry leaves amplified the sound. | ||
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