. The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California. 48. CROTALUS 941 were able to hold the snake in our hands, with as muchsafety as if it had been muzzled. Snakes have a way ofswallowing things much larger than their heads; their jawsare pliable, and almost stretchable! But they always swal-low their prey head first. Two other rattlers examinedcontained each a full-grown gopher {Thomomys). Anotherhad swallowed a chipmunk {Eulamias merriami). A rattles
. The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California. 48. CROTALUS 941 were able to hold the snake in our hands, with as muchsafety as if it had been muzzled. Snakes have a way ofswallowing things much larger than their heads; their jawsare pliable, and almost stretchable! But they always swal-low their prey head first. Two other rattlers examinedcontained each a full-grown gopher {Thomomys). Anotherhad swallowed a chipmunk {Eulamias merriami). A rattlesnake collected at Bluff Lake, in the San Ber-nardino Mountains, July 21, 1905, measuring 42 inches inlength, contained two chipmunks (Eulamias sfeciosus).These were tandemly aligned in the alimentary canal, nearerthe vent than the mouth of the snake. The hindmost chip-munk was almost completely dissolved, hair and bones aswell as the flesh ha\ing softened into a pasty mass, save forparts of the head, ears, and teeth. The digestive powers ofsnakes are truly astonishing. Were it not for the danger from its bite, the rattle-snake would be a desirable resident of any ranch wheregophers and sq
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