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THE snake incident, described in NATURE, October 25 last, page 620, as having occurred in the reptile-house in the Zoological Society's menagerie, recalls to my mind two similar cases, recorded in the same periodical, vol. xxx. July 3, 1884 (“A Cannibal Snake,” by E. H. Evans), and July 31, 1884 (“The Swallowing of One Snake by Another,” by C. R. Osten-Sacken). The first case was observed in Java, the other was witnessed by me in Washington, D.C. In the latter case one of the snakes, although three-quarters of its length had already been engulphed in the other, succeeded in getting out, apparently unhurt, as it remained alive and well in the cage a long time afterwards.
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OSTEN-SACKEN, C. The Swallowing of One Snake by Another. Nature 51, 12 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051012a0
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