A snake handler from Sweetwater Jaycee organization holds up an 80 inch (2 m) rattlesnake for the crowd to see 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 snake. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi