Show serpent nib ribs king solomon acknowledged that there were three things which are too Nond wonderful erful for me yea four which I 1 know not and one of these was 4 the vv ay of a sen serl ent upon a rode rock for hundreds of years after the time of So solomon lonion the snake snakes B mode of blon elon remained a mystery latter day men of science have learned that his a ribs furnish I 1 fin with a means of i regression so instead of having a pair or two lairs i airs of feet they really I 1 aie ase from to pairs aristotle thought that serpents had aa as many ribs as there are days in a month but I 1 ad he examined a 1 athon be would I 1 ave readily detected his mistake that species having snakes move in this way I 1 ach ver tebra supports a i air of ribs which act like a pair of iks 1 hs the extremities being connected by a broad plate the hind part of this plate Is tree free and when the ribs are moved forward that end Is raised so that it takes hold of the surface underneath even though it be glass the straightening of the reptile propelling it fora for forward A a rd |