The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... bird such as archaeopteryx . Indeed the first specimen of that oldest bird was called ' the griffin lizard ' by Andreas Wagner after its discovery in 1861. The curious combination of features in the griffin does indeed suggest some ...
... bird such as archaeopteryx . Indeed the first specimen of that oldest bird was called ' the griffin lizard ' by Andreas Wagner after its discovery in 1861. The curious combination of features in the griffin does indeed suggest some ...
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... bird . He is so called because of the peculiarly varied flavours of his flesh , tasting of this ( zeh ) and that ( zeh ) . Some real bird may have originally been behind the legend , as the bird was a clean fowl , fit for food . He was ...
... bird . He is so called because of the peculiarly varied flavours of his flesh , tasting of this ( zeh ) and that ( zeh ) . Some real bird may have originally been behind the legend , as the bird was a clean fowl , fit for food . He was ...
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... bird , whose whole skeleton was soon reconstructed . There is no doubt that this bird was de Flacourt's vouroupatra , but was it the original of the roc ? The aepyornis was , after all , a flightless bird . And though they may have been ...
... bird , whose whole skeleton was soon reconstructed . There is no doubt that this bird was de Flacourt's vouroupatra , but was it the original of the roc ? The aepyornis was , after all , a flightless bird . And though they may have been ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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