Fangs and Tongue of an Adder Small 320×182 Medium 640×364 Large 1024×583 Download Tiff Original 2400×1366 | (423.0 KB) Description "When the animal wishes to use these teeth, they issue from this fleshy sheath, somewhat in the same manner as the claws of a cat when about to be used as weapons of offense." Keywords poisonous snake, venomous Galleries Reptile Anatomy Source: Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)
