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Show His -Royal Snakeshlp. The Journal of tho Royal Microscopical Micro-scopical society, describing a visit to Hagc' 'k's zoo, says: "A- specimen of python reticulata, about 25 feet In length, swallowed pn-June 7, 1906, a swan weighing IS 'pounds and two days later a roebuck of 67 pounds. Another An-other swallowed within two days .two roebucks of 28 and 39 pounds, and soon thereafter a chamois of 71 pounds. In two and a half hours only the hind quarters of the limbs of the prey were visible. When a flashlight photograph was .suddenly taken the python disgorged Its booty in tho space of half a minute." A. Sokolowsky reports re-ports on tho same subject: "In a few days a w)sht of 84 pounds were swallowed; swal-lowed; 138 pounds In nine days. The pharynx can bo dilated to a width of ono millimeter 30 to 45 centimeters. A goat of 84 pounds In weight was engulfed en-gulfed and took nine days to digest. Aft-or Aft-or a mcnl the pythons remain Inert In tho water. Tho appetite for a second meal a few days after (ho first Is remarkable. re-markable. On tho other hand, two .specimens remained from spring to November without cnting at all, and yet persisted in good condition." |