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SOME ENEMIES OF VENEMOUS SNAKES One hears stories of the remarkable combats of the Indian mongoose with venomous snakes in which little rikkitikkitavvi comes off victor The fact that the mongoose invariably survives has led to the suggestion that it is immune to snake poison Other animals said to be immune are the pig and the hedgehog The experiments of a British natural ¬ ist show that an animal of the dormouse family must be added to the list of the immune This animal is known as the lerot and is said to fight fiercely with vipers Large doses of vipers poison were injected into one lerot from which injection no ill effects followed On one occasion a lerot was biidly bitten in the eye by n viper and no signs i f iioisiming followed
