DYING MOMENTS OF REPTILES.
A Viennese observer has spent several years in studying the dying moments of various reptiles, and has published some interesting data on the subject. He notes that reptiles die nearly always between nightfall and midnight, only occasionally between midnight and morning, and but rarely in daylight.- Most reptiles seem aware of their approaching death, seeking out particular places and there awaiting the end, while those whose lives are spent underground come to the surface before death. Many reptiles, such as snakes, chameleons, crocodiles, and turtles, show the approach of death in their faces, a peculiar and unmistakable expression coming into their eyes.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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106DYING MOMENTS OF REPTILES. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 3
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