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reasons, would definitely preclude the possibility of his young 
making their way upward against such obstructions. Laymen 
(who, incidentally, did not learn about snakes in college) live 
among these creatures and are witness to them performing 
these seemingly impossible physical feats. Their testimony 
stands irreconcilably opposed to that of the scientist—they see 
them do these things, and to them such is sufficient. They are 
not greatly perturbed over the contentions of scientists to the 
contrary. 
