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January 27, 2006
And, Mr. K, If you'd like to talk about rattlesnakes....
How can you not love a place that has festivals like the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup, which come complete with a parade, a Miss Snakecharmer pageant, and Rattlesnake dances every night during the festival? A festival that culminates with FRIED RATTLESNAKE! How can you NOT like a festival that has to have FIRST AID DIRECTIONS listed on its website? A festival dedicated to pokin' snakes with sticks????
I ask you, Monterey art festival, or rattlesnake roundup? Real men (and women) know the answer to THAT one!
Posted by MamaT at January 27, 2006 12:03 PM
Comments
I've eaten rattlesnake before. It was OK. Tasted just like alligator.
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz at January 27, 2006 4:00 PM
Count me out. I don't have a problem with them killing the snakes, but from what I've heard the conditions the snakes are kept in beforehand are appalling. No shade, no water, piled on top of each other... no animal deserves that !
Posted by: Donna Marie Lewis at January 27, 2006 7:35 PM
miss donna -- aw, now ain't that sweet? i'm all for animal rights 'n all, but only for the cute 'n cuddly ones. ever cuddle up to a rattlesnake?
Posted by: smockmomma at January 27, 2006 10:47 PM
Have you ever seen a nest of rattlers in nature? They do just pile on top of one another. It is kind of creepy, kind of scary, and kind of beautiful at the same time.
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz at January 28, 2006 1:48 AM
rattlers like it dry, like it hot, and like to pile atop one another. it would be cruelty to put them in an aquarium alone.
Posted by: alicia at January 28, 2006 8:38 AM
Rattlesnakes smell AWFUL. If you have a good nose, you can usually smell them before seeing them if the wind isn't blowing too hard.
Posted by: Tracy at January 30, 2006 11:56 AM