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03-01-2009, 06:45 AM
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Is Sweetwater's Rattlesnake round up toddler friendly?
I've never been but thinking about going for the first time. Is there anything to do besides look at snakes....for a 2 and 4 year old? Also, is it stroller friendly?
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03-01-2009, 06:49 AM
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I'm not sure about that, but I wouldn't mind being in attendance there. Sounds like a pretty good event.  |
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03-01-2009, 11:51 AM
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Not unless they like seeing hundreds, if not thousands, of rattlesnakes having their heads chopped off, being skinned, and then hung on a string while their bodies continue to writhe (while technically dead) for half an hour or more. It smells pretty awful as well. Nevertheless, I recall many young children being present when I attended about 15 years ago.
Recent videos confirm that many families continue to take young children to the event:
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03-01-2009, 01:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jsoto3
Not unless they like seeing hundreds, if not thousands, of rattlesnakes having their heads chopped off, being skinned, and then hung on a string while their bodies continue to writhe (while technically dead) for half an hour or more. It smells pretty awful as well. Nevertheless, I recall many young children being present when I attended about 15 years ago.
Recent videos confirm that many families continue to take young children to the event:
sweetwater rattlesnake roundup - Google Video
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Yikes! I really didn't know that that's what they actually did. I thought there'd be something different.  |
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03-01-2009, 01:10 PM
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I wouldn't take a young child to such nonsense.  |
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03-01-2009, 01:32 PM
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Nor would I. You might be getting up a lot in the middle of the night trying to calm a child from a horrible nightmare. Sometimes even a movie with lots of snakes will trigger nightmares in kids (they dream snakes are crawling all over them) and to see the sights they'll see at the rattlesnake roundup, well, I woudn't chance it for kids. Heck, I wouldn't want to see it myself. I'd be having nightmares of my own!  |
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03-01-2009, 02:25 PM
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You can go to enjoy the carnival, food and arts and crafts vendors. Just avoid the snake sections. I just spoke with someone who will be selling his handmade crosses at the roundup and he says they get a whole lot of vendors there. And he never goes to see the snakes.
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