The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-11-22
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III The rattlesIake' Of: Afherieasi s looked
.upoi in1sione ,ofatlie most venomous Of
REPTILES, bNt .oh account Of, IT'D rxttl6ss
! its Intended victim can often escape
Not SO, however, Y with, some of the
deadly poisonous snakes OF southern
africa, says the St. Louis Post1Df6ss'
patch. In the thick bush and under
growth of the lower Countries on tho
Feast coast, probably the most treach-
erous of African reptiles has it's haunts.
The ''renggaizslangs" or p0ison-spft-
ter;"is an ugly looking black SNAKE,
with light green rings around its body,
and is about five feet long wien full
| grown It's method of catching prey ~
I to coil itself up under a low bush, and
when a hare or bush rabbit, or small
buck; called; a.tsayjliens' II comes aaohgs,
twill fasten its eyes uponits yictim,t
and without moving from its coils will
suddenly pit' fort hits poison
striking the animal in the eyes, eanla
pletely blinds it and enables the snake
to dash forward and fasten Its FIJI
it's neck. While-its prey isl arm
the poison-spitter will pull the. skin
,andth of in huge pieces, andstheh;-
thes body in, its folds; viii,
swallow it whole. This snake will
often lie in an old road 81 asth. sSnd'
has been hknosva' to tcUmpletefy', blindt
almost at the same instant pair lot
mules chat were being driven along
the road attached TO aawsagto,nn: They
}can eject this poison and hit their OBJ
|. ject at q distance of thirtysfeet. :. ~
Another terror to the natives and
travellers is the t'boomslang,"o or ..'tree;
snake" tits about nine feet in,length
and from threeand q half to four inch
es thick in its middle. When in search
of prey it coils it's tail end around tho
bough Of q short, thick. bush or tree.
ndtwhenf a,small ''bleshok" Or other
small antelope passes Under the tfeSit1
will drop on it, coiling itself around
i andaround body and; getting 3 pow
erful leverage with it's tail end around
the tree, will crush the animal into ~
i{ellv. After the buck is dead the snaka I,
vii rol1 + over and over IN tlIs,;
ground This has the effect Of taking
'thh ha;r-off and after. COVERING the an.
maj ali over with Z thick slime tho
analse devours s. n {mouthfhls:@ Unliks'
mos rent;les ~ ;ts Kind s. doea maj;
swallow its food in one piece, but will
eat It All up ID separate pieces. Then It
The KaA3rs dtead this ,,rAntile ] mn,nt;s,v,
than ali Others. astit. locke ~ rnnch .
i,lca tha hon0h ~. tha trSa nnn1oor ;1,,;;L;cE
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aha fn,th
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found ~ .Inf1farYs bonn n In s;n.o,Ikbe IA
Aftica r. l;lraa e -, near.. ,w.te... ~ !:
II found chiefly near deem hnola 81 mu1ad-s
a. water. Where IL liasi In. w.atl ~
.Af;6Da ana water rats. mon yvhieh. IL:
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