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IN last week's NATURE you have copied a drawing, “cobra charming”, from Brehm's “Thierleben”, presumably for its excellence. Permit me, however, to point out a most serious defect in its truthfulness—the relative proportions of the snakes to the charmers.
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PRINGLE, E. Brehm's “Thierleben”. Nature 18, 518–519 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018518b0
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