The Serpent Of Wisdom By Donald Tyson
Why is the lowly snake so maligned? It is not obvious why such a harmless and useful creature should have received such bad press over the centuries. Snakes do far more good in the world than harm. They eat rodents, and without them, rats and mice would be a much more serious plague than they usually are. The Chinese Communists found this out once, when they tried to eradicate snakes, and ended up with an exploding rat population. Rats are a persistent and frequent problem in China, and when t
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The Serpent Of Wisdom By Donald Tyson
