Show WATER SNAKE FIGHTS EEL terrific combat which finally ended la the eela escape did you ever know that there is a deadly antipathy between a common wafer snake and an eel asked the fisherman reports the indianapolis sentinel well I 1 never knew it until an experience that I 1 had in witnessing a fight between the two personally I 1 have the greatest dread of eels im more afraid of them than I 1 am of a snake and you can imagine my chagrin when I 1 happened to hook one on one of my fishing expeditions I 1 was afraid to touch it and all I 1 could do was to let it dabble in tho air I 1 could not get it off my hook and I 1 was meditating what to do when unnoticed 1 allowed the slimy object to drop dov n into the water in a moment I 1 saw a big water snake make a dive for it at the first lunge it caught the neck of the eel squarely between its teet hand I 1 could see it sink its ugly looking fangs into the eels flesh I 1 waited to see the developments with its grim hold still on ahe eels neck the snake quick as it takes to tell it wrapped its sinuous body around its antagonists neck in an effort to squeeze it to death the body of the eel was too sleek however and the snakes coils despite all it could do would slip down into the water time and time again it tried to squeeze the life out of its antagonist never for an instant releasing its hold on the eels neck but the body of the latter was loo sleek for it and every time it would slip down finally the hook broke and the eel made good its escape |