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UNITED STATES: RATTLESNAKE ROUND-UP

First conceived as a way to rid Sweetwater, Texas, of its abundance
of rattlers, the Rattlesnake Round-up has grown into a big event.
Held annually the second weekend in March, the round-up's annual
average catch is 12,000 pounds of Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.
There are snake hunts as well as demonstrations of snake handling and
snake milking (extracting the venom).

The round-up began in 1958:
http://www.rattlesnakeroundup.com

Texas is fun

Date: 2001-03-11 07:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com
Heheh. I have a funny sense of state pride, probably cause I enjoy all the wackiness. Like the Grapefruit Queen and Spamarama!

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