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Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup

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  • A Jaycee volunteer snake handler skins western diamondback rattlesnakes during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 14, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Thousands of western diamondback rattlers in a holding pit during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 14, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A group of school children look through a window into one of the rattlesnake pits filled with hundreds of western diamondback rattlers during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Jaycee snake handler Donnie Willman, holds a live  western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A young girl looks at a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A Jaycee snake handler shows off a western diamondback rattlesnake head chopped off by his colleague in the background during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Snake hunters dump their catch of western diamondback rattlesnakes into a counting pit during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A Jaycee volunteer snake handler milks a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A vendor waits for customers of his real western diamondback rattlesnake souvenirs during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Western diamondback rattlesnake heads made into keychains for sale during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Donnie Willman, a Jaycee volunteer snake handler holds a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Western diamondback rattlesnake heads in jars sold as souvenirs durin the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A Jaycee volunteer snake handler selects a western diamondback rattlesnake from thousands in a snake pit during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Jaycee volunteer snake handlers measure a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Jaycee volunteer snake handlers measure a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A Jaycee volunteer snake handler milks a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Jaycee volunteer snake handlers milk a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Jaycee volunteer snake handlers chop the heads off a western diamondback rattler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Jaycee volunteers snake handlers process western diamondback rattlers removing the skin during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A local resident wearing snake skin pants watches the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A crowd of onlookers react to a king snake shown by a  Jaycee volunteer snake handler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Volunteers process western diamondback rattlesnake skins during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • A Jaycee volunteer snake handler process a western diamondback rattler removing the skin during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • The tail of a western diamondback rattlesnake sticks out from behind a Jaycee volunteer snake handler during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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  • Cecil Villa who has volunteered for the past forty years as a snake processor poses in the skinning pit during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.
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