A COBRA'S SHOT
A black cobra, which has a habit of spitting venom, with deadly accuracy, at the eyes of anyone who excites his auger, arrived at the London Zoo recently. It was one'of the specimens in a collection of reptiles presented by Mr. St. Alban Smith, a resident of the Malay States. A keeper, wearing goggles and armed with the nooses which are used in dealing with dangerous snakes, ushered tho black cobra into its den. The moment it was free it looked round for a victim and saw Dr. Burgess Barnctt, the Curator of Reptiles, standing not six feet away.- At once there came a spurt of venom, but Dr. Barnett only laughed—for there was a sheet of plate-glass between him and the angry snake. "It was an excellent, shot," ho said afterwards. "If there had been no glass to intercept it. the poison would have caught me in the eye- and I should have been blind for months."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 15
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161A COBRA'S SHOT Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 15
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