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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21033, 23 May 1930, Page 13

The hamadryad, which has reached the London Zoo, is probably the most terrible reptile now in Europe.. It is one of the snake family, which is found in Southern Asia, and which some observers suggest is slowly disappearing. This snake’s merit lies in its practice of killing other poisonous snakes, caring nought for their venom, but digging in its fangs and pumping in venom until they cease to struggle, and then swallowing them head first. A bite from the hamadryad, which is about 14ft long, would kill a large elephant in two or three hours, and a man in a much shorter period. ..-vt l ! £ arn P weather, always keep .N AZOL handy. Take gome drops on sugar, or inhale occasionally. The surest safeguard against coughs and colds: 60 doses for Is 6d. —Advt