Now your brain will never reject that the meaning of the prefix re- is âbackâ or âagain.â Reflect upon re-, and your vocabulary prowess will never regress! 1  reject: throw âbackâ. 2  recede: move âbackâ.  reduce: lead âbackâ.
Other characteristics are unique to certain venomous snakes: 1  Rattlesnakes rattle by shaking the rings at the end of their tails. 2  Water moccasins' mouths have a white, cottony lining.  Coral snakes have red, yellow and black rings along the length of their bodies.
If It Rattles. . . The best way to distinguish rattlesnakes from other kinds of snakes is by the rattle. Most other characteristics are either too subjective or inconsistent, or else they require one to get too close to the animal for safety.nowledge of who these creatures are that is, what they do for a living, where they live and when they are active will help us coexist without harm to either snakes or humans. Most rattlesnakes avoid contact with humans.