It’s not just the rain. While it may seem like snakes slither out in droves during a storm, the truth is more complex.

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SWEETWATER, Texas, March 22 (Reuters) - The Texas town of Sweetwater claims fame as home to the world's largest annual "rattlesnake roundup," where thousands of pounds of slithering venomous ...

those where snakes are killed only happen in three states: Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama. Sweetwater’s is by far the most famous and is probably the largest, although data is scarce. There is ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife identifies ... the western diamondback tops the list as the largest and most commonly seen rattlesnake in the area. Not as large in size, the timber rattlesnake likes ...

In Sweetwater, Texas, approximately 181 miles west of Dallas, visitors can enter a coliseum to hear the distinctive sound of hundreds of rattlesnakes, as the largest rattlesnake roundup is hosted.

SWEETWATER – Walking up on a hissing diamondback rattlesnake is not an experience most people care to have, but out in West Texas this weekend ... Billed as the largest event of its kind ...

Most common to West Texas, rattlers like to den up in dry ... the organization that hosts the World’s Largest Rattlesnake Round-Up every year. Why wrangle? The catch-and-release method is ...