# Poisonous snakes for sale

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 31, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisonous-snakes-for-sale/424785 "2007-10-31T21:18:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisonous-snakes-for-sale/424785/21 "2007-11-02T20:58:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Guinastasia]  
What the FUCK is a rattlesnake round up? I’d google it, but I’m severely snake-phobic, and there’s no way I could handle looking at the photos.  
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A rattlesnake round-up is an annual event in some areas of Alabama, Texas, and other Southern states. For a weekend (usually), people go into the surrounding areas and catch as many rattlesnakes as they can. The snakes are all brought to a central area (usually someplace like a fairgrounds) and dumped into a large pit or enclosure. There are prizes for the biggest rattlesnake, largest number of buttons on the rattle, biggest redneck, etc.

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> And another question-how do snakes mate, anyways?

Mating is pretty straightforward. Watching the teenage snakes try to put on condoms will make you sad, though.

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisonous-snakes-for-sale/424785/22 "2007-11-02T21:02:53Z")

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[QUOTE=ivylass]  
Just a quick post to say that this:

made me fall a little in love with you.

Yes, you are firmly ensconsed on my \*\*Must Read Whenever They Post \*\* list.  
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Yeah, now that I’m old and used-up, the hot chicks all want guys with a sense of humor. Back when I was young, all you girls wanted on a guy was hard abs and a pretty face. I’m constantly behind the curve.

Thank you for the compliment, though. I’m happy to stimulate women however I can. If it takes talking about snakes that look like Hugo Chavez … well, who am I to judge?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisonous-snakes-for-sale/424785/23 "2007-11-03T07:36:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Sauron]  
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Mating is pretty straightforward. Watching the teenage snakes try to put on condoms will make you sad, though.  
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Especially since the males have two penises. 😃

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poisonous-snakes-for-sale/424785/24 "2007-11-05T13:42:50Z")

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[QUOTE=cochrane]  
Especially since the males have two penises. 😃  
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“Ladies! Two lines, no waiting!”

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