On Thursday, 27 November 2014
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| Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga) |
Sistrurus catenatus, also commonly known as Massasauga rattlesnake is one of the species of venomous pitviper rattlesnake that are usually found around US. Despite how they look threatening, they are rather small even for at adult stage which at most, come at around 75cm long. Their color schemes are usually consist of greys or other tan ground colors, accompanying with black or brown blotches or spots down the center of their backs. When they are young, their patterns will look the best but paler compared to the older adults. That aside, their venom are specialize to distort the blood flow and prevents blood from clotting, which leads their prey to continuously bleed off once inflicted by their venom. They are usually shy and would avoid humans when they are not being threatened by them.
