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The discussion of the snake’s tongue describes a gradual decline in hostility, while noting that some writers remained uncertain about its function despite accepting that the tongue does not sting. An account of swallowing describes the larynx protruding sometimes as much as a quarter of an inch beyond the dilated lower jaw. The writer reports seeing fur or feathers stirred by air on several occasions when the mouth or valve of the air-tube opened.
The discussion of young vipers challenges a newspaper description of emergence from an egg, while allowing that the description was partially true in that instance. The account of early American settlers describes poultry-yards guarded against snakes as vigilantly as against rats, foxes and other predators.
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- Catherine Cooper Hopley
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