MORE THAN THIRTY SPECIES OF RATTLESNAKE LIVE IN THE AMERICAS. A GROUP OF RATTLESNAKES IS CALLED A RHUMBA OF RATTLESNAKES. RATTLESNAKES CAN GROW UP TO EIGHT FEET LONG AND CAN STRIKE AT A DISTANCE OF UP TO TWO THIRDS THEIR LENGHT. THEIR SKIN HAS A DIAMOND SHAPE PATTERN THAT VARIES DEPENDING ON WERE THEY LIVE. RATTLESNAKES OUR UNIQUE AMONG SNAKES FOR THEIR TAIL RATTLE WHICH THEY SHAKE RAPIDLY AS A WARNING TO LEAVE IT ALONE. A RATTLESN

AKE CAN BE FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTHERN CANADA AND NORTHERN MEXICO. THEY EAT RODENTS, SMALL MAMMALS, AND OTHER REPTILES 

THE ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE IS NORTH AMERICAS BIGGEST FRESHWATER TURTLE AMONG THE LAGEST IN THE WORLD. ONE OF THE HEAVIEST SNAPPING TURTLES WEIGHED 220 LBS. ITS HUGE JAWS LET IT EASILY BITE THROUGH ITS PREY WHICH IS NORMALLY FISH, FROGS, SNAKES, AND EVEN OTHER TURTLES. A SNAPPING TURTLE CAN STAY UNDERWATER FOR UP TO 50 MINUTES BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF AIR. YOU CAN FIND THEM IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL EASTERN UNITED STATES.  

ITS MASSIVE JAWS ARE TIPPED WITH HOOKS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CACTH ITS PREY  

THE KOMODO DRAGON IS THE WORLDS HEAVIEST AND BIGGEST LIZARD IT CAN GROW UP TO TWELVE FEET LONG AND WEIGH UP TO 150 LBS. DON’T LET THEIR LUMBERING DINOSAUR WALK FOOL YOU THEY CAN RUN VERY FAST WHEN HUNGRY OR THREATENED. A KOMODO DRAGON IS ALSO CALLED A KOMODO MONITOR OR A LAND CROCODILE. IN SIDE THE DRAGONS JAW ARE VENOM GLANDS WHICH RELEASE VENOM INTO THEIR PREY. A DRAGON CAN DEVOUR 80% OF ITS BODY WEIGHT IN ONE MEAL. A DAGON CAN SMELL ROTTEN 

MEAT FROM 4 KM AWAY SO IT USES ITS SENSE OF SMELL TO FIND ITS PREY AND NEXT MEAL. KOMODO DRAGONS CAN BE FOUND IN INDONESIA IT EATS RODENTS, BIRDS, LIZARDS, DEER, AND LARGE MAMMALS  

THE GABOON VIPER HOLDS THE RECORDS FOR SNAKE WITH THE LONGEST FANGS. BIG  SNAKES IN THIS SPECIES CAN HAVE FANGS UP TO 4 CM LONG. GABOON VIPERS CAN GROW UP TO 7 FEET LONG. GABOON VIPERS FEED ON SMALL MAMMALS, ANTELOPE, AND BIRDS. GABOON VIPERS ARE AMBUSH HUNTERS SO THEY SIT AND WAIT FOR THEIR PREY TO WALK BY AND THEN THEY STRIKE. GABOON VIPERS LIVE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. A GABOON VIPER IS ALSO CALLED A SWAMP-JACK, RINO CEROS VIPER, AND A GABOON VIPER. A GABOON 

VIPER CAN CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF VENOM IT RELEASES WHEN IT BITES. ITS COLOR AND DESIGNS HELP IT BLEND IN