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.
According to a study by Mathew P. Rowe, et al., published in Biology of the Vipers, the rattle may be the most extensively studied anatomical feature among snakes. It's not only rattlesnakes that shake their tail, though; many pit vipers and a number of harmless colubrid snakes engage in the behavior as well.hen the apparatus is shaken at high speed, a buzz or rattling sound is created; rattlesnakes have three sets of dedicated, tail-shaking muscles in their tail. Two of the muscle groups pull the tail to each side, and a third set of muscles allows the ventral surface to be aimed in either direction.