Show I iM B How About It Can poisonous snakes poison polson themselves by biting Do horned toads toad really squirt blood out of their eyes eYel And is there a bird that can fly backwards These are questions frequently heard among outdoor men and here are the answers Brayton Eddy curator of reptiles at the New York zoological society says laYS that he personally saw a rattler kill Itself by its own bite 1 e ow L y even though the fangs did not penetrate penetrate penetrate pene pene- a vital organ However no noone noone noone one seemed to know for sure Ita if It ifa ifa a poisonous snake could commit suicide by biting itself Horned toads really can squirt blood from the eyelid near the edge of the eye but not from the eye itsell it- it self sell This action is associated with great fright and is not common As for the bird that can fly backwards back back- wards wards nearly nearly anyone could answer answer answer an an- that if hed he'd stop and think about It Of course there is a bird that can fly backwards It is Js the tha th hummingbird A A A |