The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... giant wasps which look like wasps and the giant ants which look like ants . Chinese ideas about the barbarian tribes of Central Asia were often the products of their imaginations , but some of them at least seem to be derived from the ...
... giant wasps which look like wasps and the giant ants which look like ants . Chinese ideas about the barbarian tribes of Central Asia were often the products of their imaginations , but some of them at least seem to be derived from the ...
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... giant gold - digging ants . This legend was first recorded by the Greek historian Herodotus , who died in 415 , or perhaps 424. Herodotus reports that the Indians annually paid 360 talents of gold - dust in tribute to the Persians . The ...
... giant gold - digging ants . This legend was first recorded by the Greek historian Herodotus , who died in 415 , or perhaps 424. Herodotus reports that the Indians annually paid 360 talents of gold - dust in tribute to the Persians . The ...
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... giant wasps which look like wasps and the giant ants which look like ants . ' This new information gives one pause to think . Are these mon- sters merely fabulous , or can there in fact be ' giant ants ' or simi- lar insects in the ...
... giant wasps which look like wasps and the giant ants which look like ants . ' This new information gives one pause to think . Are these mon- sters merely fabulous , or can there in fact be ' giant ants ' or simi- lar insects in the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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