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THE letter of Mr. E. S. Holden, of the Lick Observatory, in your issue for August 10, describing how a rattlesnake struck its fangs into itself, when confined in a gallon jar containing water, which was inverted at intervals in order to drown it, is open to question as to its conclusion that it was a case of “deliberate suicide,” for the following reasons:—
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WOOD, W. Supposed Suicide of a Rattlesnake. Nature 48, 391–392 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048391d0
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