Crotalus viridis, more commonly called the prairie rattlesnake, is one of the four venomous rattlesnake species native to Canada. This rattlesnake is the only venomous snake found in the Canadian prairies. It lives in southern Alberta, British Colombia, and Ontario. It has poor eyesight, but it uses its heat-sensitive pits and hunts at night. Additionally, it uses its forked tongue as a smelling organ. Its diet consists of small mammals like rodents and birds. It kills its preys by biting them and injecting its venom composed of neurotoxins and hemotoxins. These toxins will cause painful…