Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1920 — The Lerot and the Snake. [ARTICLE]

The Lerot and the Snake.

Every one has heard of the remarkable combats of the Indian mongoose with venomous snakes, in which little rikkltikki-tavvl comes off victor. The fact that the mongoose invariably survives lias led to the suggestion that it. Is immune tp snake poison. Other animals said to be immune are the pig and the hedgehog. The experiments of a British naturalist 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 ofSiper’s poison were injected into one lerot, from which injection no ill effects followed. On one occasion a lerot was badly bitten in the eye by a viper and no signs of poisoning followed.