Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . Fig. 1G.—Feeding a Poisonous Snake, Second Stage. HABITS OF POISONOUS SNAKES. THE 11^ CAPTURE 19 squeezing too hard (tig. 15), taking care at the same time not togive the body a chance of coihng itself round anything. Next,one or more knups of beef or horse-flesh are introduced into thejaws, and gently forced down deep into the (esophagus by means \V ^ iii. Fig. 17.—Catching a Cobra-di-Capello (Naja tripndians), First Stage.(At the French Settlement of Pondicheny, in India.) of a glass rod, which is polished in order not to injure
Venoms; venomous animals and antivenomous serum-therapeutics . Fig. 1G.—Feeding a Poisonous Snake, Second Stage. HABITS OF POISONOUS SNAKES. THE 11^ CAPTURE 19 squeezing too hard (tig. 15), taking care at the same time not togive the body a chance of coihng itself round anything. Next,one or more knups of beef or horse-flesh are introduced into thejaws, and gently forced down deep into the (esophagus by means \V ^ iii. Fig. 17.—Catching a Cobra-di-Capello (Naja tripndians), First Stage.(At the French Settlement of Pondicheny, in India.) of a glass rod, which is polished in order not to injure the mucousmembrane. The oesophagus is then gently massaged in a down-ward direction, in order to cause the bolus of food to descend intothe stomach (fig. 16). This operation is repeated every fortnight. In this way, at my laborator}-, I have been able to preserve,in perfect condition for more than two years, Indian Cobras and 20 VENOMS Fers-de-lance from ^Martinique, taking care to keep them in a hot-house, at a temperature of about 82° to 86° F. It is also ver} important to place inside the cases a vessel fullof water, which should be frequently changed, for almost all snakesdrink often and like to bathe for whole days at a time.
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