Do Snakes Shake There Tail?

Tail shaking in snakes, even in rattle snakes is a fear response.

You are several hundred times bigger than a snake and it thinks your going to eat it.

A rattle snake would follow this up by warning you away, and then biting you, where as your average none toxic snake will either start being aggressive to try and look scary, or it will simply slither away to hide.

Once the snake realises your not going to eat it, the tail shaking will usually stop.

I live in Charlotte, N.C. And I came close to this snake and he began to rattle his tail. I was so stunned by this that I could not remember if the tail made a sound.