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Subscribe to RSSIt's difficult to have sympathy for a rattlesnake, but maybe we should.
Dave Martin/AP file
An eastern diamond back rattlesnake coils itself to strike during the Opp Rattlesnake Rodeo in Opp, Ala., Friday, March 26, 2010. Once there were about 50 snake roundups in the South, but only three are left.