| Show asp there them is in in the reptile house at tho zoo a specimen of Cleopatr Cleo patras dg asp not it should be observed the jow aled variety found some few months aboin ago in st johns wood but an asp of flesh and blood or perhaps hay hav A ing regard to its anatomy gene generally rail wo we should say of skin and bone bond little snake is provided with sand into which it can burrow a practice tica to which it lq is addicted in its native haunts this position is an extremely good one for biting the heel of the traveler who cannot always retort by bruising the head of the snake for tho the animal in question is one of those many creatures which have a general mode of coloration approximating to the surroundings among which they live the asp is ue like many frequenters of tho the desert desert colored the usually accepted theory about this is that the animals so colored escape detection or take a mean advantage of adf their deceptive hues to steal a march upon some harmless but mull irately conspicuous beast this snake has a pair of little horns upon n I 1 its ft lead head when it is half buried in m the sand these would project and parr perhaps excite the curiosity of some poor wandering rodent who might pay for US his inquisitiveness inquisitive sess with avith his hia life london xe xeva news va |
