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Show REEDING SNAKES TO SECURE POISON i NEW TOBK. Fsb 17. eVsventy-iv baby snskes of the species known as the lance head, born In the Bronx zoo .-tarday. .-tarday. srs gladly welcomed, although thsy are the most dsadly reptile known. Mace discovery that the venom of the lance head had been msrvalou.lv beneficial bene-ficial la treating Inaanltv and other brain troubles when scientifically ueed. aBorts have been mads to breed the reptiles rep-tiles here. The success now attained Is tha reult of several years work during which many of Hi. reptiles havs bean taken eltre In the islsnd of Trlnided. at tha peril of many naturalists, only to die Boon aftar being brought here Bxperts will extract the Mrulrnt venom from the eeventy-rive lance heeds aa soon aa they ere a fee months old The method le to phi the head dowu with a forked stick snd hold bsfors II a glasa tltfaaad with cheese cloth. The enake furiously buries his range In the cloth aaat spurts the venom Into lhe glass receiver. re-ceiver. About a pound ot It, It we aald at the boo, would kill ths whole Mexican Mex-ican army. |