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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.
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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.
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59.9 x 36.2 cm | 23.6 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ACCOUNT • ALBION PRESS • AMERICAN RATTLESNAKE • ANECDOTE • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ARBOL • ARCTIC ZOOLOGY • BITE • CHARMING • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CROTALUS SPECIES • FALL • HANDCOLOURED • HUNT • HUNTING • JAMES CUNDEE • JUMP • KALM • MOUTH • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURALISTS CABINET, THE • NATURE STUDY • OR INTERESTING SKETCHES OF ANIMAL HISTORY • PEHR KALM • RATTLER • RATTLESNAKE • RATTLESNAKES • REVEREND THOMAS SMITH • RODENT • SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION • SERPENT: RATTLESNAKE • SISTRURUS SPECIES • SNAKE BITE • SNAKE: RATTLESNAKE • SNAKEBITE • SQUIRREL • THOMAS PENNANT • TREE • TREES • VENOM • ZOOLOGY
