. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . CoBEAS (Naia tripudians).Photograplis from life by Major F. D. S. Fayrer I, A POPULAR TREATISE ON THE COMMON INDIAN SNAKES, bbl mouth, at the same time stimulating the flow of saliva. The sameauthority remarks that the dried particles have a pungent actionupon the nostrils. Lamb describes the taste as very bitter andastringent. Quantity of poison secreted.—This, of course, varies with the sizeof the cobra, iDut even in specimens of similar lengiih other factorsaffect the yield. Lamb says : it is an observation of commonoccurrence in this la
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . CoBEAS (Naia tripudians).Photograplis from life by Major F. D. S. Fayrer I, A POPULAR TREATISE ON THE COMMON INDIAN SNAKES, bbl mouth, at the same time stimulating the flow of saliva. The sameauthority remarks that the dried particles have a pungent actionupon the nostrils. Lamb describes the taste as very bitter andastringent. Quantity of poison secreted.—This, of course, varies with the sizeof the cobra, iDut even in specimens of similar lengiih other factorsaffect the yield. Lamb says : it is an observation of commonoccurrence in this laboratory (Parel), that a cobra newly caught willyield from 20 to 30 large drops of poison, while after he has beena, captive for some time this quantity will have diminished to from6 to 10 drops and in time to nil. Dr. Nicholson observed that theyield was more abundant in wet weather. Under the influence ofanger poison is secreted unduly copiously. Doubtless age, health,and individual vitality also influence the quantity secreted. The venom in
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