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.


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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