Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1910 — Real Sea Serpents. [ARTICLE]

Real Sea Serpents.

In New Caledonia sea serpents are frequently seen and sometimes captured. They are curious creatures, the head being very small and scarcely distinguishable from the body and the tall being formed like an oar. In length they are generally between three and four feet. In the jaw there are tiny glands containing poison, but as the mouth is very small it is difficult for them to bite, and the natives handle them fearlessly. A European traveler witnessed an experiment at Noumea which shows that under certain conditions the sea serpent can do deadly work. A rat was caught in a trap, and its tongue was grasped by a pair of pincers and placed in the mouth of a sea serpent. The serpent immediately bit it, and the rat died In four minutes.