Texan village kills thousands of snakes

sweetwater - Thousands Texan rattlesnakes this weekend captured their poison is milked and then they are decapitated and skinned. This happens during an annual festival in the village of Sweetwater, which lasts four days and where 25,000 people come to. Last year, the final of the festival in 1714 kilos rattlesnake meat.

The reptiles are first thrown alive into a pit, where someone with according to The Washington Post,, entire sturdy boots' heart condition and ensure that the hoses do not suffocate each other. The tangle of snakes, according to a local newspaper,, a spaghetti winding evil reptiles. ' Only after they are slaughtered and skinned, where the hearts are collected in a separate pile.

The skins are sold, consumed the meat and the poison is used for research. Animal rights activists call the festival cruel to the snakes.,, Rattlesnakes rattle when they are terrified, not when they are angry or want to attack. The sound of all those rattling snakes is actually the sound of thousands of screaming snakes. ''