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A clutch of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes recently was born at the Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest. Curator Rob Carmichael looks at the parents of the baby snakes. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
A clutch of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes recently was born at the Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest. Eight baby rattlers were born. Unlike nearly all other reptiles, rattlesnakes are born, not hatched. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
A baby eastern diamondback rattlesnake in the wild can grow up to 8 feet long. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
The father of a clutch of eastern diamondback rattlesnake babies peers through the window of his Lake Forest home. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
Rob Carmichael carefully handles one of the rattlesnake babies using a snake stick. The babies, born alive and not hatched from eggs, were venomous at birth. | Rob Dicker~Sun-Times Media
LAKE FOREST — The scaly little guys shake their tails at you, but they don’t have any rattles to scare you with yet. With newborn rattlesnakes, those come later. But their fangs are fine, and those are scary enough. The Wildlife Discovery Center’s eight newest …
