Sweetwater, UNITED STATES
Crowd watches as snake handlers measure rattlesnake at annual Rattlesnake Round-up in Sweetwater
The crowd watches as snake handlers from Sweetwater Jaycee organization measure an 80 inch (2 m) rattlesnake 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. This year the round-up brought in 13,552 pounds of live rattlenakes. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi