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Deadly Snake Bite!

Deadly Snake Bite!

Deadly Snake Bite!

Author: Kevin Blake

In 1957 at the Field Museum in Chicago, Dr. Karl Schmidt, a famous herpetologist, was examining a small green-and-black boomslang snake. In less than a second, the snake sank its...

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Ages: 8-10

Read time: 15-30 mins

AR LEVEL: 5.4

LEXILE©: 900L

Ages: 8-10

Read time: 15-30 mins

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