10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPITTING SNAKE»
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1
What's that
Snake?: A Starter's Guide to Snakes of Southern ...
The venom supply of a spitting snake appears to be inexhaustible, and they can
continue spitting effectively for a long time. The venom of the Mozambique
Spitting Cobra is potently cytotoxic or cell-destroying, and bites are quite common
, ...
2
Sasol Owls & Owling in Southern Africa
A spitting snake can eject its venom as far as 2,5 metres and sometimes even
further. This spitting action is not very accurate (snake's do not 'aim') but it is
effective. A Mozambique Spitting Cobra ejects its venom. There are two common
...
Warwick Rowe Tarboton, Rudy Erasmus, 1998
3
Animals in the Ancient World from A to Z
Cobra, spitting Philoumenos (16.1) speaks of a spitting snake, ptuav (ptuas)
which reaches a maximum of 3 feet in length and is ashen, yellowish-green and
golden in color. This clearly refers to the group of spitting cobras which can
project ...
Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr., 2014
4
The Bush-boys, Or, The History and Adventures of a Cape ...
THE SPITTING-SNAKE. " What can be the matter with my pretty birds ? " asked
Triiey of herself. " Something wrong surely ! I see no hawk. Perhaps they are
fighting among themselves. I shall go round and see. I shall soon pacify them."
And, so ...
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Lake Ngami: Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four ...
Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings in the Wilds of
South Western Africa Charles John Andersson. THE SPITTING SNAKE. 303
other hand, to possess the faculty of throwing itself backward with unerring
certainty.
Charles John Andersson, 1856
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The Bush-boys: Or, The History and Adventures of a Cape ...
THE SPITTING-SNAKE. " What can be the matter with my pretty birds ? " asked
Triiey of herself. " Something wrong surely ! I see no hawk. Perhaps they are
fighting among themselves. I shall go round and see. I shall soon pacify them."
And, so ...
7
A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa
In the case of a Gaboon Adder bite, which may result in sudden death, a crepe
bandage is unlikely to be of any use in any case. If the poison of a 'spitting' snake
gets into the eyes, do not rub the eyes. Holding the eyelids open, flush eyes with
...
It appeared to be a sitting woman with enormous breasts, spitting snake heads
for hands and feet, thick snake bodies for arms and legs and a head with large,
blue, brilliant, sapphire eyes and hair of coiled, spitting cobras. Between the
spread ...
9
Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa,: Volume I. With ...
Smi-eendje (Widgeon) 283. Smoking tobacco ; a universal custom among the
Dutch colonists II. 115. remarks on. II. 321. Snakes, (see also Serpents, Putt-
adder, Spitting-snake) ... 469. II. 331. Sneeuwberg Proper (Snow Mountain): one
of the ...
William John Burchell, 1824
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Travels in the interior of southern Africa
386 SPITTING-SNAKE. --KYSI PITS. 24, 25 001?. was a natural pavement
formed' 'of a dark-colored iron-stone rock remarkably pitted with little hollows. '
After having travelled above twenty-two miles, without finding any water, we
arrived by ...
