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Show BROODING SNAKES. How tho I'ylhoii lUcitlnr Hatches Out Her Vouus. Tho python lays eggs nnd hatches them by developing a hi';h degrco of heut, as has been proved in the case of tho Indian nnd African species. Tho first careful investigations of this subject wore nindo In 1311 by tho renowned i.utiuuliut, Achilla Valcn-olotinos, Valcn-olotinos, In tho .lardlii dun I'huilcs, l'nrls. A python there laid fifty ogga within thrco hours, which ut first wero ova), but pointed toward tho pules; tho sheila wcro toft nnd of n cray color; thoy soon changed to u perfect egg-shnpo egg-shnpo and became white, und the shells hardened romcivhat, although thoy ro-malncd ro-malncd pliable, like leather, and wcro lustcrlcss nnd rather rough. Their length v.'.rled from two und a hnlf to four and n'liulf Inches. After laying tho eggs tho 6uako gathered them together lu n heap tin-dor tin-dor the cover sho had In her box, wound tho rear part of her body nround tho base ot tills heap, nnd then formed a cone-shaped spiral of tho rest of her body around the whole, her head closing tho top. Not u single egg was visible After fifty-six days tho first young ones crawled out. Thoy wero about two Inches long Tho loinporaturo In tho contcr of tho heap of eggs was 105 degrees ruhrcuhctt, whilo tjmt of tho box was only 7.3.5 dcgiues Fahrenheit. Two other pythons tried to hatch their egga in tho London Zoological garden ono In 180J and tho other In 1881, In theso cases tho dlfferenco bo tween tho. tempernturo Inside of tho heap of egga and tho outsldo air was much less; but tho ci;gs wcro spollud, and no young were hatched. |