RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1872.03.15. Many snakes hiss but none so loudly as the Puff-adder. CUL-DAR189.65. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR189 contains material for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions.
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March 15/72/ Many snakes hiss but none so loudly as the Puff-adder, but one of the Pythons hisses very loudly — Can the vibrating the protruded tor……., likewise serves as a mean of striking terror.
[Expression, p. 107.]
The Hedgehog will kill & devour the British viper.— Expression Snakes
Rattle-snakes do not [unroll] their rattles, but they sometimes often break off some of terminal joint — the remaining ones how in state pointed, as each joint is embedded within the next succeeding one towards the tip of tail—
[Expression, p. 108.]
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