. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 102 STORY OF THE REPTILES Chameleons, where in one case there are as many as three horns. In another there is a peculiar forked prolongation of the snout. Among the snakes some vipers have hornsâsome- times one on the tip of the snout, sometimes twoâ one over each eye. Their use can scarcely be under-. â The homed toad. stood. It is said to be the rule that snakes do not fight as rivals; and it is fairly well known that the bite of a poisonous snake is not harmless to his brother, and often not injurious to other non-poisono
. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 102 STORY OF THE REPTILES Chameleons, where in one case there are as many as three horns. In another there is a peculiar forked prolongation of the snout. Among the snakes some vipers have hornsâsome- times one on the tip of the snout, sometimes twoâ one over each eye. Their use can scarcely be under-. â The homed toad. stood. It is said to be the rule that snakes do not fight as rivals; and it is fairly well known that the bite of a poisonous snake is not harmless to his brother, and often not injurious to other non-poisonous kinds. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell states that he has re- peatedly injected the poison of snakes into their own bodiiss and seen no ill efEects from it.; and a corre- spondent of the author (a scientific collector) states that he has frequently boxed rattlesnakes and non- poisonous sorts together and observed them bite one another without ill effects. But more recently a Paris experimenter claims that one snake is affected by the venom of another in proportion as it is itself poison- ous. This should cause innocent snakes to suffer. It. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baskett, James Newton, 1849-; Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942. joint author. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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