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Why are rattlesnakes important to the prairie ecosystem?

April 26, 2017ecosystem prairie rattlesnakes

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Why are rattlesnakes important to the prairie ecosystem?

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Rattlesnakes primarily eat mice and other small rodents. Without rattlesnakes, homes would become more easily infested with mice. Rattlesnakes are better at controlling mice populations in an ecologically friendly way than any exterminator.