
The combat dance of rattlesnake is one of Nature’s great
oddities. Actually, it is not a dance but a curious kind of wrestling combat,
and it is believed to be rooted in the instinct of all animals to protect their
own territory.
The encounter takes place when two angry snakes, one of them
an intruder, meet head-on. The combatants pause for a moment, and then, with a
sudden convulsive movement,...