A question about snakes

[underpants]

Too much?


Tommy Woods uses a snake tong to lift one of hundreds of Western Diamondbacks turned in Friday, March 10, 2006, at the World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas. What started as a way to control rattlesnakes has grown into a four-day attraction that brings about 30,000 visitors and an economic impact of more than $5 million. (AP Photo/Betsy Blaney)

Texas Town Welcomes Rattlesnakes, Handlers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060312/ap_on_fe_st/rattlesnake_roundup_2

[wildhorses]

1. talk about

snakes on a plane :wow:





yes, I know he is NOT on a plane but, DAMN that's a lot of snakes!!!

[LostinVA]

2. Gteting major creeps attack!!!

:scared:

[underpants]

5. Mac Smith, 14, (R) pauses to chew his rattlesnake ...

Mac Smith, 14, (R) pauses to chew his rattlesnake as Sam Pintor, 18, (L) finishes eating during the rattlesnake eating contest at the 48th annual Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater, Texas March 12, 2006. Sweetwater is home to the World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up which started as a way for ranchers to rid the abundance of snakes that were threatening their livestock. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi

[LostinVA]

13. You are TRULY evil!!!

[no name no slogan]

29. You are what you eat

so what does that make you if you eat a critter that eats rats?

[Radio_Guy]

33. They do not taste like chicken

They have the same texture ans chicken and alligator, but it is a unique taste. I'd rather bite a dead snake than have one bite me!

[Taverner]

41. Always wanted to try snake...and gator

Going to Orlando next month - that may be my opportunity

[underpants]

7. Oh sorry about not warning you there

Sweetwater Jaycee Jasen Wells kicks back to clear a space inside the Rattlesnake pit at the 48th annual Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater, Texas March 10, 2006.


**WARNING!!!****

[LostinVA]

12. ARRRGGHHH!!!!!!!

[Crankie Avalon]

3. Ah, Americana...

...or is that Muricana?

"It's what we're known for," said Lynn Adams, executive director of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce. "Nobody bad-mouths the roundup."

:hide:

[underpants]

4. Rattlesnake Roundup Attracts Thousands

[Crankie Avalon]

8. Yeah, I read the article from your link...

...1200 pounds of snakes, I think it said.

To me, it would seem dull after the first 50 pounds or so, but then I admit I'm no connoisseur.

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Ewwwww

a place I will never vist :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. SNAKES ON A MUTHAFUCKIN' PLANE!

Sorry, had to do it. :D

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

20. And there's not a goddamn thing you can do.

[Lochloosa]

10. Rattlesnakes are being depleted because of these "Roundups"

They are an integral part of the environment. Please do NOT patronize these. Would you go if it were a "Rabbit Roundup"?

[dorkulon]

11. Save the rattlesnakes!

Maybe PETA can send a hot naked chick down there to protest. :patriot:

[Lochloosa]

15. I nominate Salma Hayek!

http://images.celebritymoviearchive.com/members/thumbs/b/[e-mail]

[dorkulon]

16. Yep, that'll do.

[underpants]

17. It moved

I ... I think it moved

:wow: :P

[Lochloosa]

18. She makes mine move!

:evilgrin:

[begin_within]

27. Here she is, at the Oscars...

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

19. I'm with you.

The rattlesnake is an important part of America's ecology, playing a vital role in controlling the population of the Greater Texas Dimwit. (Hey, animals know well enough to stay away from them.)

And on a related topic, where are all the people who were screeching about the opening of black bear season in New Jersey a few months ago? A bear can be just as dangerous as a snake if you piss it off. But then, rattlesnakes aren't cute and fuzzy, so killing them is okay.


Don't Twead On Me!

<Edited for additional cuteness>

[TX-RAT]

34. so killing them is okay.

Some of the snakes are killed and eaten at the round-ups ( yes, there are more than just Sweetwaters round-up )Most are shipped to the Cancer research center in Kingsville TX, where they are kept alive and milked. From what they told me, their developing a process where they use the venom to consume cancerous tumors form the inside out. I guess they just inject it into the tumor.

[bleedingheart]

21. people forget that rattlesnakes keep the vermin population in control

they are part of the life cycle...

[tjwmason]

14. And here's me thinking that Whacking Day was just a joke....

:eyes:

[ghostsofgiants]

22. SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A GOT-DAMN PLANE!

[blindpig]

23. Bunch of fucking assholes.

How fuckin manly. Catching rattlesnakes is less dangerous than driving a car. More stupid cowboy shit.

I wish a plague of rodents and hunta(sp?) virus upon their lame asses.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

On edit: No such thing as too many snakes!

[Misunderestimator]

24. Yep, and I'm surprised they don't throw them up in the air and shoot them.

Cheney style... Assholes.

[smirkymonkey]

25. Cheney doesn't shoot snakes....

He only shoots people, silly. :silly:

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. Fucking hell!!

:scared:

[RedCloud]

28. Rattle, rattle my snake...

A long time ago an ESL student was singing these bizarre lyrics, but I could not deduce which song it was...

[no name no slogan]

30. Somebody had to do it

and why not me?

[underpants]

32. LOL NO!

No one HAD to do anyhthing.

Oh GOd is that funny.

[LynneSin]

31. ARE THOSE SNAKES ON A PLANE!!!

[BlueStorm]

36. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

37. AND THERE'S NOT A GODDAMN THING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

:d

[name not needed]

35. WE GOT MOTHAFUCKIN SNAKES!

[Random_Australian]

38. There pretty small, and not even incredibly toxic...

So nyah nyah nyah!

We have MUCH bigger venomous snakes, and we have far more deadly snakes... jealous, anyone?

[Taverner]

40. Dood you guys have funnelwebs!!

:scared:

[BlueStorm]

39. I wonder if he's from one of those snake- handling churches?

What are they called again?

Blu

[Nikia]

42. Are snakes comfortable living so closely?

I've always wondered that when I've seen pictures like that were snakes were literally living on top of each other. Do they do that naturually ? Does that lead to violence and cannabilism? I don't think that they are social creatures.