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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