00:05The Diverse World of Rattlesnakes Across America
00:08Across the American Southwest, rattlesnakes slide through desert washes, rocky canyons,
00:13pine forests, and sun-baked ranchland. Arizona hikers may see western diamondbacks coiled
00:18near Phoenix trails, while Mojave rattlesnakes move through open desert flats. Texas ranchers
00:23watch western diamondbacks cross hill country roads, where warm weather and brushy fields
00:27give rattlesnakes room to hunt. California's southern Pacific rattlesnake crawls through
00:31chaparral near Los Angeles, while red diamond rattlesnakes bask on dry San Diego rocks. New
00:37Mexico's prairie rattlesnakes move through grasslands and desert edges, where warm spring
00:41days bring snakes out near trails and fences. Nevada's Mojave Desert shelters sidewinders
00:47that throw looping tracks across sand, leaving curved trails beside creosote bushes and dry
00:51washes. Colorado's prairie rattlesnakes bask near front-range rocks, then retreat into dens
00:57when mountain nights turn cold. Florida's eastern diamondback rattlesnake moves through
01:01pine flatwoods and palmetto scrub, carrying one of the heaviest bodies of any rattlesnake.
01:06Georgia's timber rattlesnakes hide in hardwood forests and rocky ridges, where leaf litter
01:10can cover a patterned body almost completely. These rattlesnake states share heat, cover, rodents
01:16and rocky shelter, which turn trails, ranches and deserts into snake country. A rattle in dry
01:21grass can stop a boot, a camera and a heartbeat.
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