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Once again the toad, riding along on the trusty steed, and having gone far enough, dismount:!. The scene changes, and we see the toad resting after his frolic on top of a skull ; while a viper coils its body in and out of the jaws and round the base of the skull. Length 100 feet.
2036 Special ... THE BOA CONSTRICTOR CRUSHING AND SWALLOWING A RAT
The Boa is seen in the act of killing a rat by crushing it, winding the long coils of its body round its victim. The death of the rat is instantaneous, so swift and powerful is the embrace of the snake. Without in any way disfiguring or tearing its victim, the Boa once certain that the rat is dead, seizes it by the head and proceeds to swallow it whole. This is one of the most wonderful Natural History subjects ever taken by the Bioscope. Length 100 feet.
2337 ZERMATT SPIDER, HER
The Zermatt Spider is one of the largest and boldest of the species, and builds a beautiful and remarkable nest of silk covered with the leaves of the Barberry. The spider deposits her eggs and hatches her young within the nest, only leaving it to seek for fond. The spider is seen emerging from her nest ; she walks about on the look out for the insects which form her food. Then the interior of the nest is shown with hundreds of baby spiders, just hatched fiom the eggs, creeping about in all directions. Mama Spider enraged at the opening of her nest rushes up to it and starts to work to repair the damage that has been done.
Length 100 feet.
NEST AND YOUNG
The deadly Tarantula
2038 Special ... THE SPIDER AND THE FLY
A beautiful picture of the web of the large garden spider, with the spider awaiting its prey. The victims fall into the meshes of the wonderfully constructed web, and are at once attacked by the spider, overcome, and swathed in silk. So rich is the harvest, that a great spider from a neighbouring web is attracted upon the scenes, rushes on to the web, and fights and drives off the 'ightful owner, who beats a hasty and ignominous retreat. During the scuffle for the booty, the web is badly damaged and torn asunder. Length 125 feet.