TALK OF THE RATTLER.
Philadelphia Zookeeper Says the Snake Sounds n. Call with I*« Rattles. "What is a rattlesnake's rattle for?" said John Lover, the zoo keeper, in response to a question by a Phila- ' delphia Record man. "It is a call," he resumed, answering his own question. "The rattlesnake with it calls his mate. A man was telling me the other day that he studied the rattle question last year in the west. He said it is mainly as a call that the rattle is used, though different sounds can be made with it, and these sounds appear to have different mean- • ings. "Once this man saw seven hogs attack a rattlesnake. The reptile began, to fight plucklly, and while he fought he rattled loud and long. Three-other J snakes came with great speed and i courage to his aid. A dreadful'; battle followed. The snakes, though sj^hey fought well, were all killed. '^fiL; "The rattle is also said to charm or | hypnotize birds so that the snake can seize them easily, but in this story my friend doesn't take much stock. It's as a call, he says, that the rattle is used most — a love call, generally, with which the male snake summons his mate." ' ■
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 46, 14 June 1903, Page 7
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