Show I 1 snakes fond of music science has recently been studying the question as to whether or not snakes have an appreciation of 0 music this applies particularly to the cobra which responds to the piping of a gourd instrument played by the east india fakir with a rhythmic movement suggesting a dance the conclusion seems to be that it answers to the musical notes much in the same way aay as a dog does that Is to say through a special or nervous sympathy when tile the whistles blow at noon in the bronz zoo the wolves set up a great lio howling 1 in concert whether or not they enjoy this sort of 0 music Is disputed though probably they do for somo some dogs undoubtedly take pleasure in harmonious strains and will run a block to sit in front of a hand and sing while bile other dogs unquestionably suffer from certain kinds of music and express their pain lb in lugubrious howls |