The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... egg and that the bird is the famous roc of which he had heard tales . He ties himself to the leg of the bird , and so is ... eggs of the roc ' which they say carries away an elephant or any other great animal ' . Stradanus seems to have ...
... egg and that the bird is the famous roc of which he had heard tales . He ties himself to the leg of the bird , and so is ... eggs of the roc ' which they say carries away an elephant or any other great animal ' . Stradanus seems to have ...
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... eggs like the ostrich's ; so that the people of these places may not take it , it seeks the most lonely place . Later travellers added to the legends about the eggs being large enough to use as water tanks . No one believed this . If the ...
... eggs like the ostrich's ; so that the people of these places may not take it , it seeks the most lonely place . Later travellers added to the legends about the eggs being large enough to use as water tanks . No one believed this . If the ...
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... eggs which the sailors of 1420 , and the Arabs before them , thought were roc's eggs , doubts remained . Going back to Marco Polo , can his description , partly based on eyewitness reports , and the early Arab traditions , refer to a ...
... eggs which the sailors of 1420 , and the Arabs before them , thought were roc's eggs , doubts remained . Going back to Marco Polo , can his description , partly based on eyewitness reports , and the early Arab traditions , refer to a ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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