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A Cannibal Snake

Nature volume 31, pages 264–265 (1885)Cite this article

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WITH reference to notes as to Ophiophagous snakes, which appeared at pp. 216, 269, 312, and 408 of the last volume of NATURE, I inclose a communication received by me this morning from Borneo. The habit seems general, and, according to the above letters, not confined to venomous or non-venomous varieties.

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TAYLOR, E. A Cannibal Snake. Nature 31, 264–265 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/031264e0

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