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A western diamondback rattlesnake coils up in a holding pin at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Lance Shaw, a member of the Sweetwater Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycee, prepares to grab the head of a western diamondback rattlesnake for a milking demonstration at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Lance Shaw, a member of the Sweetwater Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycee, milks a western diamondback rattlesnake at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

A young girl views western diamondback rattlesnakes through a plexiglass window at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up  at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Attendees to the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up touch a western diamondback rattlesnake after it was milked at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

A spectator to the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up takes a selfie with a western diamondback rattlesnake at the Nolan County Coliseum on March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Headless western diamondback rattlesnakes fill a bloody 32-gallon trash can awaiting to be skinned at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up on March 12 at the Nolan County Coliseum in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Red Hurd II, left, skins a western diamondback rattlesnake at the skinning station at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up on at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas.

Dawson Rains, 12 skins a western diamondback rattlesnake at the skinning station at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up on at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Lance Shaw, a member of the Sweetwater Junior Chamber of Commerce ("Jaycee"), prepares to milk a western diamondback rattlesnake at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up on at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Brian Breeding, a member of the Sweetwater Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycee, works on rolling up Wester Diamondback Rattlesnake skin at the skinning station at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Carla Hurd, a member of the Sweetwater Junior Chamber of Commerce Jaycee, works on rolling up Wester Diamondback Rattlesnake skin at the skinning station at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up on at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

Western diamondback rattlesnake skins at Old Man Higginbottom Rattelsnakes and Things at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up on at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

A western diamondback rattlesnake head is in jars for sale at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

A western diamondback rattlesnake head earring haangs among other rattlesnake earrings at the 58th annual Sweetwater Jaycee's World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up at the Nolan County Coliseum March 12, 2016, in Sweetwater, Texas. 

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