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        "description": "<p>Rattlesnakes are best known for the hiss of their famous tails. And this western diamondback rattlesnake catches its prey, a rat, with an ambush.</p>", 
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        "title": "Rattlesnake vs. Rat", 
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        "transcript": "<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>ONE OF THE DESERT\u2019S MOST DEADLY HUNTERS   IS ON THE PROWL. </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>IT CAN   GROW up to SEVEN FEET LONG, AND COMES EQUIPPED WITH long FANGS capable of   delivering a potent venom..</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>THE WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>ABOUT   30 SPECIES OF RATTLESNAKE LIVE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Rattlesnakes are   PIT VIPERS, so-called because of THE HEAT SENSing PITS located ON EITHER SIDE   OF THEir HEADs. </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>THESE   help THE SNAKES LOCATE PREY EVEN IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>BUT THEY\u2019RE EVEN BETTER KNOWN FOR THE   HISS OF THEIR FAMOUS TAILS. ONE QUICK   RATTLE, AND ANY PREDATORS INSTANTLY KNOW TO STAY AWAY. FAR AWAY.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>THE RATTLESNAKE ALSO HAS A POTENT SENSE   OF SMELL \u2013 BUT IT DOESN\u2019T JUST  FOLLOW ITS NOSE.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>THE   FORKED TONGUE PICKS UP ODOR PARTICLES FROM THE AIR AS IT FLICKS IN AND OUT,   AND PASSES THEM OVER An organ in the roof of the mouth that, essentially,   both smells AND tastes\u2026</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>THIS   SNAKE HAS SNIFFED OUT THE PERFECT PLACE FOR AN AMBUSH.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>WITH ONE STRIKE, THE RATTLESNAKE   INJECTS TOXIC VENOM INTO THE RAT WHICH   ATTACKS THE BLOODSTREAM.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>SOON, THE RAT IS IMMOBILIZED\u2026AND DINNER   IS SERVED.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>RATTLESNAKES SWALLOW THEIR PREY WHOLE,   SLOWLY DIGESTING THE FOOD AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE BODY.</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>An   adult rattler will generally eat only once every two weeks\u2026</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong></strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong> </strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 22.45pt 0.0001pt -2.15pt; line-height: 150%;\"><strong>WHICH   IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE REMAINING LOCAL RODENTS.</strong></p>", 
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