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Show Maa'a Krl.a.l. tha King anake. I The moat relentleas exterminator of reptllea, anya a writer In Mctllure'aj Magailne, la a member of the family! Itaelf the beautiful little yellow and blnck king snake, the friend of man nnd the avowed enemy of anything that creepa or crawls, reenrdlena of Isa or poison fang. A unlive of our own Boutli, tha king snake la between Ave and eight fret long and uo thicker around thau a nian'a thumb, Ituilt In every niuacle and bona for speed and tremendous constricting power, there la not another snake on earth that can withstand hla assault, lie la Immtina to the poison of the cobra and the rattler alike, and tha atrcbgih of a thirty-foot python baa no terrora for him. Within live minutes from tn opening of the right the king snaks eould kill the biggest python that ever lived. Ferocious aa the little con-j stridor la toward hla own kind, toward to-ward man he la friendly and rarely trlea to eacupe when met afleid. |