Today I learned:
- Bees are the smallest of birds, and are born from the bodies of oxen.
- Beavers are hunted for their testicles, and will castrate themselves to escape from a hunter.
- Hedgehogs carry away grapes on their sharp quills.
- Hyenas eat human corpses and can change their sex.
- Leopards are the result of mating a lion with a pard.
- The urine of the lynx hardens into a precious stone.
- Mice are born from soil.
- A panther's only enemy is the dragon.
- A peacock's flesh is too hard to cook.
- Pelicans can revive their dead young with their blood.
- Salamanders are so cold they can extinguish any fire.
- The sawfish has enormous wings and likes to race against ships.
- The spider is an aerial worm that takes its nourishment from the air.
- A unicorn can only be captured by a maiden.
- Weasels conceive at the mouth and give birth through the ear.
- Worms are born from flesh without intercourse.
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http://bestiary.ca/
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