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Rattlesnake charming a squirrel down from a tree. The squirrel then jumps into the rattlers open mouth. Kalm believes the snake has previously bitten the rodent with its venomous bite. Based on an account by Pehr Kalm in Thomas Pennants Arctic Zoology, 1785. American rattlesnake, Crotalus or Sistrurus species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Reverend Thomas Smiths The Naturalists Cabinet, or Interesting Sketches of Animal History, Albion Press, James Cundee, London, 1806. Smith, fl. 1803-1818, was a writer and editor of books on natural history, religion, philosophy, ancient history and astronomy.