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Another animal was added to the Lowell House collection last night when Gilbert, a somewhat whimsical king-snake, made his debut at the Bellboys' annual Spring Dance, creating a mild sensation as he squirmed along a dinner-table among the ladies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SNAKE CAUSES DISTURBANCE AT BELLBOY KIDDIES PARTY | 5/20/1938 | See Source »

...thousands of different types of fish, only five can produce electricity. Best known of these is the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), a brownish-grey, snake-like creature that is not an eel at all but belongs to the carp and catfish family. Especially abundant in the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in South America, electric eels have six electricity-generating organs extending lengthwise through their tails, which make up four-fifths of the eel's body. If a man or animal touches an electric eel, he will be mildly shocked. But if he were brash enough to grab both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: 500-Volt Eel | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

Just like a woman, this 160-pound wonder child of the Congo rushed into his bedroom when confronted by a yellow snake. "He just docan't like Yale men," explained his trainer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gargantua The Great Flatly Refuses Generous Yale Football Scholarship | 5/4/1938 | See Source »

Before an interested audience of Milton couples, gone a maying, 18 doughty climbers from the Harvard Mountaineering Club made their first spring climb yesterday at Rattle-snake Cliff in the Blue Hill Reservation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOUNTAINEERS SCALE CLIFF IN BLUE HILL RESERVATION | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

...Snakes, contrary to popular supposition, have good vision. Those tested included garter snakes, king snakes, ribbon snakes and rattlesnakes. They see worst just before shedding their skins, best just after shedding, because the snake's cornea grows opaque as shedding time nears and is sloughed off with the skin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Animal Vision | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

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