Rattlesnake Skeleton

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“The vertebre of serpents are so formed as to admit a great pliancy of the body, which is capable of being coiled up, with the head in the center of the coil, and some serpents have the power of throwing themselves to some distance from this coiled position.” — Chambers, 1881

Keywords

skeleton, vertebra, rattlesnake, coil, Vertebre

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William & Robert Chambers Encyclopaedia - A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881)

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