Show snakes for iceland iceland has from timi immemorial enjoyed a strange immunity from reptiles this seems to have grated upon the nerves of two german naturalists natura lists who emulated by the same spirit which induced the chicago contractor to send in an offer to the town council of the italian city of pisa to straighten the leaning tower which is the principal attraction of the place are now devoting energies to introducing reptiles into iceland they have already experimented with frogs both danish and prussian and as the pioneer icea these humble handmaids hand maids of the biologist has proved successful a cargo of able bodied snakes is about to be dumped on the island unless king christian sees fit to resist this altogether novel form of german invasion |