FIGHT IN A SNAKE HOUSE.
KEEPER SEIZED BY A BOACONSTRICTOR. New York, March 28. One of the keepers in the snake house at Bronx Zoo yesterday narrowly escaped with his life after being for several minutes in the grip of a boa-constrictor. The man had entered the cage to feed the snake, which appeared to be asleep. While his back was turned the man was horrified to see the reptile, which is one of the largest in the Zoo, coiling itself about his legs He endeavoured to extricate himself, but was powerless. His shouts for help quickly brought other men to the spot, and eventually fifteen men were engaged in “the struggle for the keeper’s life with the boa-constrictor, whose grip was tightening about the unfortunate man. The kepeer was extricated in an exhausted condition.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9150, 20 May 1908, Page 7
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135FIGHT IN A SNAKE HOUSE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9150, 20 May 1908, Page 7
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