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I need a few interesting facts on the animals listed below. When I say interesting I mean scary, unorthodox facts like "The Saltwater Croc is over 250 million years old and it's 3000 lb bite can go right through human bones effortlessly.) Animals are listed below.

Southwestern Coyote

Bark Scorpion

Sidewinder Rattlesnake

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Speckled Rattlesnake

Horned Lizard

Answer 1

Coyote-

Only 5-20% of coyote pups survive their first year.

Coyotes can easily leap an 8 foot fence or wall. They have been spotted climbing over a 14 foot cyclone fence.  They also can run at almost 40 mph.

Bark Scorpion-

Like their spider cousins, scorpions have 8 eyes but have very poor vision and can only detect light and dark.

Lives 5-9 years.  Their tail is usually held curled to the side of the body.  Approximately 30 eggs develop inside the mother's body over several months and break during "birth", releasing fully developed offspring.

Really Interesting= Scorpions glow a greenish-yellow color under fluorescent black lights.

Sidewinder Rattlesnake-

They actually push off the ground from two different places on their body. Their tracks look like a series of the letter "J" repeated over and over across the sand.

They have horn-like scales over their eyes that are thought to protect the eyes from sand.  When they bite a lizard they do not release it until the venom has rendered it helpless but if it's a rodent, they follow it after biting it and eats it after it has become incapacitated.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake-

Sometimes known as the King of the Southwestern Rattlers, in terms of size and fearsome reputation.  It has such a hold on the human psyche that it has been a symbol of the American Southwest from prehistoric into historic times. It figures in ancient mythology, ceramics and rock art and in modern story and media.  Can exceed 7 feet in length.  Heat-sensing facial pits can even guide it through total darkness.  It has reserve fangs to replace any which break off in a victim.  It can go several weeks without eating at a time. The snake can swim quite nicely, holding its rattles above the water to keep them dry.  Can live for more than 20 years.

Speckled Rattlesnake-

Only about 1% of rattlesnake bites result in human death.

8,000 cases of envenomation per year in North America, only 10-15 fatalities.  Rattlesnakes give birth to live young.   In many snakes the left lung is reduced or absent.

Horned Lizard-

Most horned lizard species are well represented in the fossil record, being as old as 15 million years.  Hopi, Navajo, Papago, Pima, Tarahumara and Zuni cultures portray horned lizards in their ceremonies and stories as symbols of strength. Piman people believe horned lizards can cure them of a staying sickness by appealing to the lizard's strength and showing their respect to the animal.  At least four species also have the ability to squirt an aimed stream of blood from the corners of the eyes for a distance of up to 3 feet. The horned lizard is able to do this by restricting the blood flow leaving its head, thereby increasing blood pressure and rupturing tiny vessels around the eyelids. This not only confuses would-be predators, but the blood is also foul-tasting to canine and feline predators. It appears to have no effect against predatory birds.

Group name: Lounge

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Answer 2

the horned lizard (horned toad) shoots blood out of its eyes to deter predators

the side winder only has about 10% of ity's body touching the ground as it travels

Answer 3

Most wild coyotes fear humans. They are extremely shy and will run away from humans. There is little possibility of their attacking.

The Arizona bark scorpion can cause illness to those stung by it, and young children and people with suppressed immune systems are likely to be more vulnerable. Fatalities resulting from the venom of the Arizona bark scorpion are very rare.

Sidewinder Rattlesnake

Like the other "pit-vipers" (members of the subfamily Crotalinae) this snake uses heat sensing pits (one on each side of the face between the eye and nostril) to detect warm-blooded predators and prey.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

The venom is primarily hemotoxic, attacking blood vessels, blood cells and the heart.  Snake venoms are derivatives of digestive enzymes and venom injection is as much a process of "tenderizing" the prey as of killing it.

Speckled Rattlesnake

An ambush hunter, it may wait near lizard or rodent trails, striking at and releasing passing prey. The snake then follows the trail of the envenomated animal and swallows it whole. Prey is also found while the snake is actively moving.

When alarmed, a rattlesnake shakes its tail back and forth. The movement rubs the rattle segments together producing a buzzing sound which serves as a warning. Juveniles are born with only a silent button at the end of the tail.

Horned Lizard

Ants seem to be their major food source. They do not pursue their victim hastily, like some lizards, but poise over it and methodically take it, in toad-like fashion, with a flick of their long, sticky tongue. The toad-like action ceases if disturbed, for they will flee as rapidly as a startled mouse.