@@josephbishopbackwoodssurvi3918Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes are important for controlling the rodent population that causes ten million deaths per year from diseases without snakes that number would be astronomical. They also provide valuable venom for the production of antivenin and medical treatment medications for Thrombosis, Arthritis, Cancer research purposes and other diseases that causes human suffering. Remember that the world is a bigger place than one person's fear of snakes.