The Egg-eating Snake.
The little egg-eating snake of Soufch Africa, which has lately been introduced at the Zoological Gardens, is interesting, not only from its being the first of the kind exhibited in England. The little reptile of 2ft long is scarcely as big as one's finger, and stretching capacities of its small mouth and jaws, in order to get the hen's egg into them, would seem absolutely incredible. We can suppose that only when driven to necessity it ventures on such a preposterous mouthful ; for even in South Africa there are intprvals when small birds lay no eggs. The example now at the gardens ha 3 swallowed pigeons' eggs since his arrival, though getting even them into his mouth might seem no easy matter ; but the keeper says it does it without any effort whatever. — Graphic.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH18930128.2.15
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1893, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
137The Egg-eating Snake. Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1893, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in