Cum esset enim Africa parens et nutrix ferarum bestiarum, maxime serpentium, in eius agris oppidi nulla nascitur, et si quando adlata ibi ponatur, statim moritur; neque id solum, sed etiam terra ex his locis si alio translata fuerit, et ibi.
Africa is the mother and nurse of wild creatures, especially snakes, but they do not grow in the neighbourhood of Zama; and if at any time a snake is brought and put there, it dies on the spot. Not only so, but even if soil is taken from these places elsewhere the same thing happens there.
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