How to Use diamondback rattlesnake in a Sentence

diamondback rattlesnake

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• But two weeks ago, a 5-foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake stopped the 37-year-old in his tracks.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 30 July 2018
• An eastern diamondback rattlesnake was coiled up near the front door of the location and struck as the driver put the package down on Monday, the office said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake in the world and largest venomous snake in North America, according to the zoo's website.
  — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
• The ad then depicts an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, then cuts to video of Templeton firing a gun.
  — Mark Murray, NBC News, 11 May 2018
• The promenade resembles the skin of a diamondback rattlesnake from above.
  — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023
• Suddenly a hair-raising rattling came from an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake on the ground a few feet away.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• The fangs of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, America’s largest species, are nearly an inch long.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 23 July 2014
• Rattlesnake roundups are major events out west, where the western diamondback rattlesnake is much more common.
  — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• The snake was reported to be a Western diamondback rattlesnake.
  — National Geographic, 7 June 2018
• Hiding among her flowers was a four-foot-long Western diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Allyson Chiu, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
• To find out, Clevers and colleagues removed stem cells from the venom glands of nine snake species—including the cape coral cobra and the western diamondback rattlesnake—and placed them in a cocktail of hormones and proteins called growth factors.
  — Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 23 Jan. 2020
• The Cincinnati Fire Department said that law enforcement was called to the Ohio zoo after a woman was bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Pit vipers are famed for their ability to detect the infrared radiation given off by warm-blooded prey, and none more so than the western diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
• So the team designed a chamber that allowed them to safely film rat snakes striking at a stuffed glove, as well as strikes from two venomous vipers: the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), and the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).
  — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2016
• Graywolf Alto, who is Kumeyaay, contributed a diamondback rattlesnake out of chicken wire and papier-mâché to the exhibit.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2022
• Choose from dark or medium brown belting leather, or get extra wild with crocodile print, ostrich print or genuine Western diamondback rattlesnake inlay.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• Of the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
• Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
• The Florida pine snake, also found in southeast Alabama, is often mistaken for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• Each of the five flag designs incorporate a segmented star comprised of diamonds, a reference to the eastern diamondback rattlesnake which is revered in Native American cultures.
  — Alissa Zhu, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
• Tiger rattlesnakes start brumation from late October to early December, while Western diamondback rattlesnakes, which are slightly larger, will go into their dens a little later than that.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• To investigate their question, the research team designed a series of experiments in which an object—including a humanlike torso and large black disk—would approach a western diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
• An Amazon delivery driver was dropping off a package at a Florida home when she was bitten by a highly venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake, authorities said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Western diamondback rattlesnake is a master of nonverbal communication.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• Choctaw farmers traditionally venerated the diamondback rattlesnake as a protector of crops.
  — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
• The giant, mysterious figures include an 11-foot diamondback rattlesnake and four humanlike figures wearing elaborate outfits.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 May 2022
• Florida beachgoers spotted a rather unusual creature Tuesday emerging from ocean: a possible diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018

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