Kicking rattlesnakes
Rattlesnakes are kicked around,
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A Jaycee member in the Snake Pit. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur.
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A Jaycee member clears a path through hundreds of wild-caught rattlesnakes. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur.
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Many snakes are injured or dead by the time the event starts. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur.
a thousand snakes screaming
“Rattlesnakes rattle when they are terrified, not angry or preparing to attack as many think. The sound of rattling at these roundups is in fact a thousand snakes screaming.” Melissa Amarello, MS Biology, Co-founder ASP