Although rattlesnakes are opportunistic feeders, mice and other small rodents comprise the
bulk of the diet of many species (eg, Diller and Johnson, 1988; Rowe and Owings, 1990; …

The feeding behavior of animals can be modified in response to hunger. This study
examined how hunger influences striking, prey-handling, and venom expenditure by prairie …

Previous investigators have reported significant dillerences in distance traveled by wild mice
compared to laboratory mice (Mus musculus) follOwing envenomation by adult rattlesnakes …

Free-ranging, radiotagged prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus v. viridis) in southcentral Wyoming
were presented warm models of mice devoid of mouse odors to determine whether …

Rattlesnakes (Crotalus spp.) are generally consid-ered to be sit-and-wait predators that
strike and en-venomate, release and then search for their enven-omated prey (Fitch and …

Striking, prey handling and envenomation behavior were observed under several contexts
in the laboratory to determine how and why prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus v. viridis) allocate …

Abstract Ten Prairie Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis viridis) and 10 Western Diamondback
Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) were offered choices between envenomated (E) and …

Prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis) typically release adult rodent prey after envenomation.
The post-strike head orientation of the snake may facilitate location of the trail left by the …

The ontogeny of striking, prey-handling and envenomation behavior was studied in the
prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus v. viridis). Snakes of three size classes (small, medium, large) …

Rattlesnakes typically strike and release adult rodent prey. Striking is followed by a
sustained, high rate of tongue flicking that guides the snake to the envenomated, dead prey …