An internet story regarding the influence of feral hog predation on rattlesnakes has been widely distributed. Essentially, the internet fervor relates back to fear of rattlesnakes. As the stories go, rattlesnakes refrain from rattling because the noise attracts the attention of feral hogs, who then kill and consume the snake. Not rattling is assumed to be a trait quickly evolved to avoid predation by feral hogs. Non-rattling rattlesnakes are seen as a larger threat to the unknowing human that treads …