Show tho is alio technical name which lias been on alio llio poisonous lizard for simplic itys siko 0 o will call it tho it h a handsome creature and its general huo and appearance strike alic attention at afoot with n body as thick as a mans wrist tho ground color n palo yellow cov a network of dark brownish lines alic tail large slump anil encircled ath double rings black babini ba uini lettuce carrot meat cock loi clies frogs heards aloir dorius bilco and rats allot acro tendered to it for food it however devoured n conslo of eggs harmless as all other lizards anre supposed to be alio of the hu a dental arrangement totally at variance with all ones preconceived ideas ever tooth appearing bobc grooved as in tho case 0 the fangs oft poisonous diore this lizard holds on to ita victim and works its jaws fiercely and after flioy aro buried in tho though sending nu nann dant how of venomous saliva into tho boily thus from all lido ol 01 i ilku act I 1 to bo seen however whether these grooved so to tho direct channels for alio introduction of a deadly secretion limited to their appendages as is the cao with a snake or whether they simply cucca inoculation of n poisonous matter disseminated general salevai or of the month by ho mere wound they inflict in the samo way aliat a mad dog communicates obia by ita bite a process which bilut ban lancet f absorption of vaccine its sc iteli ordinary bite of a venomous snake ia to bo compared to the action of n syringe jt is as out both this possibility and alio llio inconsistent character of the that it has glands in the as as in tho upper jaw it will bo very interesting to alcira tho food 0 this creature such knowledge will probably give us a solution of alic mystery why is it and not tho other members of the lizard tribe venomous nature nothing wantonly and there must le nicanon for the possession of such a secretion some function of vital import to alio llio possessor snakes arc eo provided not as many people imag inco inc o them togo about doing mischief but for hie simple of obtaining food destitute of alic con power which distinguishes bod and lions they would DC no match for the animals which their natural prey their canom 1 iiii what can a creature haling to bite with claws to and lc agility for pursuit and 1 a pic lic nillo tongue want this otra and seemingly superfluous ammunition for in words upon what has it been intruded to feed to ons of casc certainly one would say not apon egg fruit or like the iguana and we find it apparently adapted for catching and slays rig small jn in mals ond birds alaio malfy of n bizo aud forro alion iani ay iy bo that si will ic found to prey powerful animal alia preat howerto and which may pru bably bo cold blooded animals nali a snakes a serpent which rats attacks it strikes a sudden blow and withdraws the victim may stagger or away but is bound to fall a distance where it can be followed and cancu hut those which devour their own kind like alio coral snake and haina dryad seize the form their meals and do not again them much as our common gra inako deals a frog the reason for this is evident he poison lakes effect so much moro slowly in a cold blooded animal defective organization and consequent tardiness of alio llio vital process eliat alio llio lit tan snake might escape loo far to bo rc it died the indians in central maico aro daiil to aay a to tho and low it nelion of one of deities the writer hero alio legend obtains much of a lizard willi all venomous frum nn oilier disinterested motives whenever jt comes across them but as a specimen was brought to ino proved to bo a common and I 1 ara s told that the lizard bitten always runs to a certain shrub etc I 1 confess did not pay much libed to tho account it behooves one to be guarded in ridicule of popular errors for alio llio future after this distinct triumph of vulgar 1 01 cr assar i ance cimurs Cwm Urs journal |