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  • News just in - The "Round Up" in Claxton is being stopped because Rattlesnakes are in danger of being wiped out. Now the Whigham Community Club needs to follow suit and stop there "Round Up". Rattlesnakes perform an important task of keeping the Rodent population down, and are wonderfully patterned creatures to say the least.

  • just a bunch of fucking rednecks using their stupid ass cowboy boots for a brain

  • this is great i cant stand snakes what worthless nasty creatures

  • Texans.....big heads...little tiny brains

  • I hope they all get bit and dont die, but suffer horrible deformities.

  • This is a sick, cruel practice! Rattlesnakes do not have to be abused like that, and anyone who things otherwise is NOT sane! They are incredible creatures who actually care for their young (look up "socialsnakes)! Stop rattlesnake roundups!

  • This is horrible, going to the wild and taking from the home, bad bad karma. I hope Texan mentalities will change to respect this incredible creature

  • I want to strangle that Liverle Stevens.

  • This is just sad.

    I may not know much about rattlesnakes but I do know there's no reason to do THIS to the poor things!

  • ha lets get rid of some hippies too have us a good ol' hippie round up in the same manner.

  • Damn. Kinda fkd up.

  • Fucking redneck hillbillies are like Chinese who fins sharks. Both are fucking sick as fuck. Culling snakes because of 'overpopulation' my ass! Studies have shown that Eastern rattle snakes have been declining, not increasing.

  • SAD

  • This is sad

  • Poor animals

  • Fucking texas

  • I hate texas bunch of fucking CUNTS hate them

  • You fucking bastards do this to poor poor animals you fucking cock suckers if i had a gun i would shoot these fucking sick people somebody should put these people out of there misery, if people keep this SHIT up nature is going to be so angry that its going to kill all fucking humans beings i feel so so sorry for those rattle snakes god bless there souls im sad i want to cry, poor snakes

  • :( this video made me sad...

  • ORANGE HILL JAMAICA

  • This is how texans donate sperm

    seriously, these baffoons are mercilessly killing thousands of snakes for what?.......

    their church services? Running out of crosses to burn? Get with the program texas

  • This is a legitimate hunt. We need to manage wildlife not let overrun everything

  • Animals killing for fun is bad idea. 

  • We should do a Texan redneck roundup. Take them from their bed's and homes and chop of their heads. Right before they have sex too! So they can't contaminate the world from their degenerate gene pool.

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  • @Soleiman27 Fuck you too pal. You can burn in hell too filled with rattlers.....and BTW I said about rounding up Texans....not snakes. 

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  • @hhds113 Im so sorry i thoght you sed rounding snakes oh im sorry for being rude im sorry my mistake forgive me

  • @hhds113 You fucking faggots need to shut up. Round up Texans? No one is that foolish to try to fuck with Texas. Go hug a tree your hippie loving queers.

  • @Bandito8487 Fuck texas texas can go to HELL

  • Wow snakes are so misunderstood. Did you know without snakes you would have an over population of rodents? Unlike rodents snakes don't contract deadly diseases. Rattles don't strike at people randomly or just for fun. When provoked then they will. How if they like it someone comes by their home and drag them away and chop off their heads? They wouldn't like it. Another poor excuse by humans to put another species to extinction. Humans will be next.

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  • This is terrible! What makes a snake's life any less than a cat's or a dog's? Yes, rattlesnakes are poisonous, but only when provoked. Leave the snakes alone and find something else to do.

  • I'm glad they kill them, they're just to scary

  • I WOULD IF BEEN LAUGHING SO HARD I WOULD CRY IF THE RATTLE SNAKE BIT THE HILLBILLY SUNS A BITCHES

  • Those fucking animals are so horrible and dangerous that they deserve to get killed!!!... I´m talking about those Texan rednecks.

  • @vierdiez IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THERE VENOMOUS YOU DONT HAVE TO KILL

  • @xxxBulldawg99 Please read my comment again, but this time read carefully.

  • @vierdiez You make me want to throw up

  • @xxxBulldawg99 Well, at least you read carefully...

  • im happy something like this dont happen in mexico!

    in mexico most people dont give a shit about the snakes!

    you americans are braindead sick and horrible people!

    disgusting americans!

    too much conservatism repuplicanism and capitalism in usa!

  • nuke texas therefore killing all of its filthy redneck inhabitants cleansing that part of the world of chuck norris worshipping DICKS.. i hope they die like the assholes they were born. the guy said that the place wasnt sterile so now you cant use that for a fucking cure! fuck those rednecks i hate texas it shouldnt even be part of the united states they are worse then fucking terrorists...

  • @65dragoon2 I'm with you, I wish Texas wasn't a part of the US either, then we wouldn;t have to put up with liberal pansy fairies like you.

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  • @Ulansananelan No , in Mexico they kill people and cops with reckless abandon. Come to think of it they behead people instead of snakes. Mexicans don;t give a shit about anything!

  • PUSSSIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE A BALL PYTHON AND IM NOT A PUSSY LIKE ALL OF U STFUFUUU

  • I don't really like snakes but I am disgusted by the treatment of these animals. They're all gods creatures and should be left alone and if they do have to be moved at least treat them with the respect they deserve.

    I cannot stand people.

  • This is horrible, as a snake lover I am appalled. these people are scum bags.

  • I use to think these were horrible, but they don't cause any dent on the snakes population. Humans cause an increase in rodent population causing an increase in the snake population. I do suppose making a spectacle of it like this is kind of sick though. In Michigan the Deer are overpopulated and our hazardous for causing car accidents yet people complain about hunters. Unless you live in Texas I think its hard to comment on the practice of killing the snakes

  • Although I'm scared to death of snakes, I'm on the snakes's side here. Snakes don't go into people's homes to kill them. These guys shouldn't be going into the snake's home. They should leave them be.

  • Two married snakes had their own towels....hisssss and herssss. Many would be rattled at the idea of snake hunting. Many snakes lost their heads and developed a split personality. Snakes don't work...they're frequently on strike. Many would recoil upon seeing a rattlesnake. Each snake in the hunt is eventually beside itself but can't pull itself together.

  • @pythonsncrocs I TOTALLY agree.

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  • People who want to kill everything that could possibly be dangerous to them are cowards.

  • why is this legal?

  • This is so fucked up. 20,000 snakes a year? Goddamn humans are idiots

  • Burn those fuckers alive!

  • @FOLLOWTHEREAPER65 well... i believe they should be punished for killing the poor animal but... not so utterly slaughtered that proves we r no better than them

  • yay lets kill rattlesnakes instead of killing the world's abominations like Love Bugs! REALLY?? -_-

  • It encourages me to see so many people speaking up for the rattlers. Thank you to every single one of you who has expressed outrage at this despicable video.

  • A bunch of rednecks persecuting a magnificent creature with a vital role to play in the local ecology. Shame on you, National Geographic! Were these animals not stigmatized enough already?

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     rattlesnake orchastra

  • Everytime I see the things it just makes me angry... I understand some people feel the need for snakes to be removed if they are in their yards or in public areas... What reason do you need to go out and "roundup" all these snakes other than to satisfy your own "manliness". Ridiculous.

  • This should be illegal. Killing tons of snakes just isn't right. It's terrible that people do these things to animals. Dislike this video if you agree!

  • @MegaFatcat100 I AGREE!

  • those snakes should bite and kill those fuckers

  • "Each Spring the Western Diamond Back rattlesnake begins it hunt for a mate"

    Well that sucks. Not only are they killed, but their killed right before they get freaky.

  • ughhh id piss myself if i did that

  • Everyone crying about how this is wrong obviously doesn't live near Rattlesnakes

  • @Preatorion5 So? All u hav 2 do is get a long stick and remove them from ur home u dont hav to go to THEIR HOME and kill em! I come from a country with tarantulas (and other poisonous spiders), coral snakes, scorpions, centipedes, cacti, piranhas, jellyfish, poisonous frogs, and now i live with gators, love bugs, wasps, water moccasins, saw grass, grizzly bears and i dont go around killin 'em just cuz they hurt a few people and if u dont believe me i DARE u to go to the city of Coro in Venezuela

  • @JuanDVene here is a dare for you, I dare you to go back to the country you came from and stay there.

  • @texasmortarman why I already live around cotton mouths whic are WAY more poisonous than rattlers 

  • @Preatorion5 And then stroll through the Everglades in southern Florida!

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  • im from southern arizona and rattlesnakes aint nothin nice im down for killin all dem fukin critters

  • @timothygagezipperer im sur u would say that since u dont know what its like to live with piranhas

  • people that kill animals are just plan fucking stupid.

  • No New Species on the Endangered List.

  • i love rattle snakes

  • Bite them, Jake...

  • Im surprised that this isnt regulated more. Im not a big fan of snakes but they do play their role in the environment. You cant just keep pulling predators out by the tons every year and not have adverse effects eventually.

  • @pdxeddie1111 i think thats my view.. hunt them yes.. exterminate them.. no.. they do have a role in the natural cycle of things

  • It amazes me that in the 21st Century this kind of thing still goes on. Why when humans now have a greater knowledge of the delicate balances that exist in nature do stupid people still think this is acceptable because of the potential threat they pose to very few people. I wonder do more people get bitten searching these creatures out than people than people who accidentally disturb them.

  • ok i will kill any kinda snake that i see. but i dont go hunting for them!

  • And what if I say their population OUTNUMBERS other animals below the pyramid?

  • fuck this shit, they are beautiful animals and we r killing them for what our enjoyment, this makes me sick, i'm gonna go throw up now

  • this is horrible. just because they are poisonous doesnt mean we need to kill them! this is their natural home and if you dont fuckin provoke them they wont give a shit about you. like seriously people are horid.

  • @juliopisretarted Your absolutely right. Gila monsters are poisonous, and yet they're not killing them, that makes no sense!

  • @juliopisretarted I'm just saying if they are not hunted their population will skyrocket will cause an EXTREAM problem for us Texans

  • This is animal cruelty. If these were what people call 'cute' animals there would be an uproar across the country. stop being a bunch of hypocrites.

  • lol youre all a bunch of dumbasses. i havent seen so many rattlesnake lovers my entire life. if youve got bitten by one of these nasty bastards youd hate them too. it aint pretty to see your whole leg swell up and turn black and they mightve had to amputate it. after that youd want to kill em too. atleast theyre eaten them.

  • @matrox999 oh cry more. I've been bitten twice by a water moccasin (not the same but w/e). But I'm smart enough to know it or any snake for that matter DOESN'T KNOW ANY BETTER. Only an uncivilized caveman would think to murder a lesser creature for 'revenge'. But yes, at least they're eating them and not being totally wasteful...still gross tho

  • @matrox999 bastards r we? U no humans are animals too and besides i've lived with a LOT more dangerous animals in my life than a little snake that WARNS U before it attacks

  • Thats Americans for you in 2 minutes and 37 seconds

  • @F3ARL3SSJ Oh shut up, you British pussy.

  • @Longshot593 well at least we dont kill a load of snakes for no reason. Especially when if you're not stupid enough to attack them in the first place they wouldnt be a problem.

  • @F3ARL3SSJ not all Americans are this bad many are actually working to protect the natural wonders of our world

  • i hate rattle snakes but this is still messed up

  • I agree, Carl Franklin!

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  • Texas... figures

  • CARL! I like him. Notice how when they stick their feet in the snakes face it backs of? hmmm. and no you don't respect them. because If you did YOU WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS STUPID ROUNDUP!

  • crazy bastards!

  • You all will change your song about defending the snakes if you get bit by one of those suckers. Its not gonna be pretty.

  • @SkiddyDoughnut well if you're not stupid enough to try attacking one then you won't get bitten.

  • @SkiddyDoughnut its called SELF-DEFENSE in case u haven't heard of it it is the action of DEFENDING yourself when assaulted or DISTURBED

  • interesting

  • this is just wrong

    why do these shitheads even do this? i hope one man will open the cage so all the snakes run wild and kill everyone there

  • @dynastyflygon you'r absolutly right!, these fucking bastard are mindless killers of innocent snakes, who are not dangerous if you look were you walk and don't disturb them.

  • @TM87O Please go cry somewhere else, I'm sure you can't change the way Americans live. So why cry over something you can't change? all you can do is bitch about it so can you keep it to you'er self. Cause I'm sure people laugh at your comments.

  • @Nuclear793 8================D

  • in florida we have the rattlesnake festival which is like are rattlesnke round up.But we

    teach people about snakes instead of killing them.There is educational shows and such

  • @mrdylanmagic really? is it like in a specific county cuz i've never heard of it in Osceola or Orange or Volusia or Brevard...

  • @JuanDVene its in san antonio florida

  • @mrdylanmagic oh... then nvm i dont liv there

  • @mrdylanmagic we hav sumthing different called rodeo day

  • I dont get it, why do they round all those rattlesnakes up? Do they kill them afterwards?

    I live in upstate NY and the rattlesnakes around here are endangered from people hunting them

    I f'n HATE snakes, I freak out when I see one, but I think its f'd up to hunt them like that

  • @ChiaCrack yep.skin them alive.Its sick

  • I hate snakes but I leave them alone they leave me alone

  • @ChiaCrack Then what good reason do you have for hating them if they leave you alone?

  • Looks like fun.

  • @TheBernice you are a dump mindless bastard who only cares of his own, I hope you die soon

  • @TM87O I hope you get bit by a rattlesnake and live long enough to see your skin dissolve into a black, oozing mess on account of its hemotoxic venom. Then I hope you die... in agonizing pain because you're being eaten alive by your precious rattlesnakes' venom.

  • @TheBernice au, that hurts me if you talk like that to me, ooh, go fuck your self if you talk like that, people don't get bit if they just look where they walk, than they are absolutely not a danger, only dump people who never look where they walk get bit, move to another region if you can't live next to these creatures, they where there a lot eurlier than you and I live in europe so I can't get bit you bastard!

  • @TM87O Exactly you worthless piece of Euro trash... you don't live with them. You don't have the slightest idea what the fuck you are talking about. You can't watch your step 24/7. It sounds easy to your worthless ass because you live on a continent where you've all but exterminated dangerous wildlife. Don't you fucking dare tell us we don't have a right to kill these animals.

  • @TheBernice Eurotrash, haha, funny how you call europeans, ok, you are a americatrash;), but we do have dangerous animals in europe, also a few dangerous vipers, who don't make noise (rattlers do), so shut the fuck up with your angry talking, and it's just sad that many americans, including you live there whole live next to dangerous snakes and still can't live next to them without killing them, luckily not all Americans are wortless humans like you,

  • I dare to tell you that you don't have the right to kill them in hundreds, for no fucking reason, if one bites a person then you can kill that one if you want it so bad, if they are living in a area close to people, then you replace them , but killing them like your kind of dump mindless americans is just awfull!

  • @TM87O Arrogant Europeans are annoying. We're killing them because they're not only dangerous but they're a resource. And they're our resource to use. So we'll kill as many as we like and you can't do jack about it.

  • @TheBernice Oke, now you talk like a normal person, no I can't do anything aout it but can you just say what your fucking reason is that you are doing that?!

  • @TM87O I already explained that to you dumbass! Pay attention!

  • to do list: teach snakes how to shoot machine guns, then arm each one with one

  • The best way to handle a venomous snake.. is from far off with a shotgun. Anyone that "plays" with a snake or something like this deserves to get bit. I'm ALL FOR treating animals fairly, but NOT a venomous snake that can KILL me. That's a whole different ballgame.

  • This kind of stuff needs to be way more regulated than it is. In Oklahoma and Texas there is an unlimited take on rattlesnakes. At least at the roundups in PA are "NO KILL" and you are allowed only one snake per season. I know certain OK towns with roundups and they have to IMPORT snakes from Texas because they are so hunted out.

    Ray Autry

    Rise Against Rattlesnake Roundups

    Stop Rattlesnake Roundups YouTube

  • this is wrong don't mess with rattle snakes they don't mess with us unless we mess with them

  • @angels19612002 you are absolutely right!

  • Y'all are sick bastards, killing them western Diamond backs for no good damn reason! Your lies for milking them, pathetic

  • I wish the snakes could know what they are going to do to them so they could protect themselves. Two guys and hundreds of snakes in that pit . . . odds are in favor of the snake.

    This is a great example of why animals attack humans. The snakes should be biting them more because of what they are going to do to them. This sort of thing should be illegal.

  • @MeCoBos thats what I was thinking, 200 snakes all in a pit like that gotta be really pissed off and scared, they should just team up and bite the shit out of those dirtbag rednecks

  • redecks

  • snakes don't deserve this. im from texas and i love snakes & i actually use to live where they do this. they make milk venom from the snakes before they KILL them but we need these snakes alive to produce more venom. if you do proper research you'll learn that these snakes' venom is helping to cure cancer, help prevent strokes, heart attacks, and is even used for your wife's anti-wrinkle cream. next time you get bit by these guys, there might not be enough anti-venom near by, i wonder why.

  • fuck u guys fucking pussy

  • Hicks

  • Look rattlesnakes are not dangerous predators a s a matter of fact snakes arent dangerous to people because they dont attack unless provoked and they dont have territory so its stupid to say dangerous because the only way to get bit is to aggravate it which is not easy as assumed. I own many snakes and all though most are tame i still have few meanies and they still only bite when picked up.

  • And do these men really deserve to die for something that that is how they are raised and taught... no.... wishing death upon people for this is stupid and you all need to grow up and get out... the whole "fuck them" crap is getting old... if you don't like it oh well... life moves on and you need to as well... its people that nag about the past actions that are the ones preventing growth and progress of the actions of tomorrow.

  • Ok... let's see... racism needs to stop... ok onto topic they give out hunters tags to control animal species... that are still allowing this because if not then rattlesnakes would overwelm everything... let's see what real predators does the rattlesnake have to thin its numbers.... not many (yes I already know someone will say these texans), but hawks and althe things the rattlesnakes would consume would mess up the ecosystem just as much as not having these roundups.... both sides have points.

  • YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHawwwwwwwwwwww.­.. sounds like.... a bunch of dumb rednecks provoking yet another of God's creatures. Sure hope the taxpayers don't have to pay your medical costs when your dumb asses get bit! What a bunch of hillbilly losers!

  • shaytards?

  • It is bad to kill snakes.

    It is only right to get bit and die, isn't it? You must not try to save after the bite, you have to die or you are unecologic

  • ShayTards!!

    

  • Even if they're rattlesnakes, this is pretty fucked up.....

  • ive heard this song somewhere before.. WILD HOGS xD

  • Hope they all get bit:D.

  • /watch?v=RbNJQB0Loh0 watch vid! epic

  • ok i mean the cancer part is ok but y cant they just leave them alone in peace

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  • @xCpKxReCkLeSs im from texas and im not like this at all? i actually plan on being a herpetologist someday. so leave your stereotypical comments out

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  • This is just retarded >_>

  • this is fucking cruel as fuck, and i hate snakes but first of all

    maybe u guys shouldnt hunt for them

  • KILL EVERY ONE OF THEM

  • @MegaCumminsboy silly you. they are keeping the nature's balance. would you like to be surrounded with rats? every living creature except humans are helping the nature to keep it's balance. you need to read somethings my friend.

  • Rattlensnake roundups are extremely cruel and inhumane. The practice should be banned, and the snakes left alone. They are not doing this for educational reasons, they are doing this because they don't understand snakes and most likely think they are "evil".

  • I find this story to be slightly biased. All I have to say is that, as a resident of Sweetwater, none of us are worried that the snake will end up on an endangered species list. In fact, it's just the opposite. If we quit having this roundup, the area would be overrun with snakes.

  • Join Rise Against Rattlesnake Roundups FB group and take immediate action to help stop this horrible animal abuse. If you like reptiles, now is the time to show it. These predators need your help before their populations are destroyed beyond repair. Much misinformation goes on at these "roundups" and the Western Diamondback will be extinct if we don't act now!

  • Rattlesnake Roundups are stupid and need to change at least in their limits. Oklahoma has an unlimited take from March through April. Join Rise Against Rattlesnake Roundups and find out how to get involved with stopping this insanity.

  • i agree it's wrong to kill these snakes for no good reason, but black man there's no need to racist about it . if a white man would've said that about a black man all hell would've broke loose. i hate all racism and it needs to stop!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Leave them the freak alone

  • This is a fucking outrage! How can NatGeo post this shit?! An animal is an animal and should be treated with respect. If this was baby Seals, or Dolphins everyone would be crying and and kicking up shit, yet because it's a snake no one cares. Fucking stupid redneck cunts. Oh and to the people condoning this, go fuck yourself. Snakes are amazing creatures and should be treated as such, not degraded into cheap thrills and quick cash. Texas, and the people who like this video, go fuck yourself!

  • @RaifukuMaru excuse me? im from texas and i dont agree with it either so theres no reason to tell all the people from here to go fuck ourselves! so fuck you yankee

  • @sk8erfreak9242 You are excused! I'm no Yankee either!

  • rattle snake taste good

  • At least they collect the venom and it is used for something good.

  • I just avoid snakes. I don't really see the point in hunting them up for amusement. Now, I will kill a snake if I am close to it.

  • come to Freer texas!!! the biggest party around (: we heard that yall were coming

  • geez texas is like a third world shithole. other states don't engage in this type of behavior. texas is full of backward hillbillies

  • I see no problem with this. I would do the same if I lived near so many venomous snakes. Keep those nasty bitches away from my kids..hopefully they'll be endangered soon.

  • We see a lot of Western Diamondbacks in AZ and this is an amazing animal, just hate to see them slaughtered like this.

  • Tis is fucked up bu the people do not deserve to die