| Show JUST ABOUT SNAKES snake experts eay that of all venomous reptiles the rattlesnake is the moat deadly there are varieties of snakes known of which number europe has but 30 the asp of cleopatra is supposed to have been a small sand viper common in egypt pythons and blaa in captivity have been known to go 22 months without food the teeth of n serpent are hooked backward so that it prey once seized rarely escapes in the temple of minerva at athens a large snake was always kept in a cag cage e and was termed the guardian spirit of the temple the ears of a snake do not appear externally being merely beall orifices covered by the akin among both greek and boman sculptors the serpent is frequently represented as a prota t ln |
