The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal and asks to see the trap. Once there he claims he still doesn't understand. The tiger gets back in the trap to demonstrate and the jackal quickly shuts him in, suggesting to the brahmin that they leave matters thus. There are more than a hundred versions of this tale spread across the world. In some the released animal is a crocodile, in some a snake, a tiger and others a wolf. Some variants are very old, going back at least to the "Panchatantra" or "Fables of Bidpai" and the Jataka tales. In Europe it appeared some 900 years ago in
Union of the Snake Union of the Snake "Union of the Snake" is the ninth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983. "Union of the Snake" was the lead single from the band's third album "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It became one of Duran Duran's most popular singles, hitting number one on the US "Cash Box" and peaking at number three on both the UK Singles Chart and the US "Billboard" Hot 100 at the end of 1983. After a songwriting session near Cannes in France, much of