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More teens slaughtering their own snakes. Hideous and unsanitary.
Snake handler practicing medicine without license
More evidence that animals are being caught in other locations and shipped into these festivals. I had a hunch that something was up after seeing the Okeene Rattlesnake meat sell for $25 per lb. when Apache's sold for $15 per lb. only 3 weeks earlier. The Apache hunt started in 1982, the Okeene hunt shown here started in 1939 so my guess is Okeene is pretty wiped out of good sized rattlers. Okeene was the first roundup in the country.
They let in a member of the general public to pin and handle a snake, so I asked. And received. It was nerve racking not because I was picking up a rattlesnake but because if anything goes wrong, it's only being captured by 50 cameras! I am the guy with the Toronto/Phaneuf shirt on! And this snake DID NOT have it's mouth sewn shut either, right before I shot this video, the barefoot guy showed off it's fangs.
Holding a snake with it's mouth sewn shut. They do this by putting it in the freezer.
Right before we go into the dark room to see Smoky the fake snake, the tour guide admits that a lot of tall tales go on regarding rattlesnake hunts. My personal favorite was that rattlesnakes are docile but a "copperhead will bite you and smile". I must have photographed ten copperheads in the wild last year and not a single one even stuck at me. Once again notice the real snakes without water!
They freeze the snakes (which starts the crystallization of their blood) and then they sew their mouths shut. Barbaric.
Snake handler practicing medicine without license
Explaining about how gall bladders are aphrodisiacs. I think I missed the 13 yr old girl asking the 17 yr old kid running the butcher shop "what's an aphrodisiac?" The kid running the butcher shop said "it's like Viagra" then the little girl asked "what's Viagra?". I almost died laughing. The girl's mom grabbed her and started whispering in her ear. I hope that makes the final cut of the professional film crew that was there, it would make for some great television!
In this video, we see evidence that snakes are subjected to treatment such as having their mouths sewn shut which makes it impossible for them to eat. Also the repeated handling causes a lot of stress which is harmful for the animal. Waurika OK, April 2011
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