# Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life

Author: Hopley, Catherine Cooper

Genre: Category: Science - Biology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53153

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Snakes%3A+Curiosities+and+Wonders+of+Serpent+Life+Hopley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

IN any person who for the first time witnesses a snake with prey just captured, the predominant feeling must be one of surprise at the seemingly unmanageable size of the animal it has seized; and he probably exclaims to himself, or to his companion, as we did on the occasion described in the introduction, ‘What will he do with it?’ Let us again take our common ring snake, _Coluber natrix_, that ate a frog for our edification; only, in the present instance, instead of seeing a tame snake in a private residence at Chelsea, we will suppose ourselves to be watching one on the banks of a stream in fine summer weather. A slight movement in the grass causes us to turn our eyes towards the spot,...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/20/index.md)
- [PART III.—_ITS USES_.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART I.—WHAT IT IS _NOT_.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/10/index.md)
- [PART II.—WHAT IT _IS_.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/snakes-curiosities-and-wonders-of-serpent-life-53153/chapters/6/index.md)