Sep 11, 2021
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SCIENCE SATURDAY
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Image Source: Tobias Kohl
You’d think that a rattlesnake’s rattle would be a pretty simple mechanism: shake tail, make menacing noise, end interaction.
But it turns out that’s not all this snake can do with its strange tail.
Before, scientists were fairly certain that the limits of the rattle extend only to warning off predators, increasing in frequency with proximity. Now they think there’s one more trick in this snaky playbook — a frequency jump.
You can use this mechanism in your own favor, because it helps everyone avoid an unpleasant encounter. Here’s how it works.
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