Show if you ton have to a ipox boa inny ifancy reader of this article should ever be so unfortunate as to experience the embrace of a boa constrictor it is recommend mended that he try to release himself by taking hold of the creatures tail and unwinding it from that end it can be easily unwound in that way but otherwise it is not possible the way to kill ji a snake is not to attempt to crush its head the bones of which strike the tall tail where are very hard but to the spinal cord is but thinly covered by b bone aud suffers readily from injury it Is tho same hame with an eel hit the tall tail two or three times against any bard substance and the eel bickly dies the boas are not venomous but their tangs fangs are sufficiently powerful to inflict serious wounds washington star |