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Show This Curious World .BC5r i i THE ASSAM EARTHQUAKE DID SERIOUS DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS OVER. AN AREA, OP 60, OOO SQUARE MILES, OR. MORE THAN rHCT 77-ET SIZE! Of- GZEAT ESfZITAIN. CAN SWALLOW, AN EGG THAT IS FOUR A TIMES THE SIZE OF IjACH OFTHEGREAT ANIMAL i DIVISIONS OF THE WORLD HAS P' f $ A DIFFERENT AlITEGAL: f fi0 MAMMALS HAIfZ. 'f hll A0 REPTILES SCAJV SATV Jw.fcsJt ) lJ FISH SCALES i flW() INSECTS AND MOLLUSKS SHELLS e, V. J'a BIRDS FEATHERS fi?S k Vl)fl --WVVl YL5 MOST snakes like egs in their diet, but there is a snake in South Africa that eats nothing else. This curious reptile swallows all eggs whole, thus eliminating waste, and not until the egg reaches the gullet is it broken. Here it comes in contact with teeth-like projections on the snake's vertebrae, which crush the ;helL |