Snake Suicide -- The four and a half - foot rattlesnake didn't mean to inject itself with its own venom. Captured alive, along with 500 more during Okeene's annual rattlesnake drive, it was forced into the suitcase (shown here). During the struggle, it pierced its body with one of its fangs. Blood from the wound shows on the thick part of the Rattler's body. On hour after this picture was made, it died - a victim of its own poison. April 15, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photos).