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The Boa Constrictor Crushing and Swallowing a Rat
The Boa is seen in the act of killing a rat by crushing it, winding the long coils of its body round its victim. The death of the rat is instantaneous, so swift and powerful is the embrace of the snake. Without in any way disfiguring or tearing its victim, the Boa once certain that the rat is dead, seizes it by the head and proceeds to swallow it whole. This is one of the most wonderful Natural History subjects ever taken by the Bioscope.
URB 1903-11