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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15544907086).jpg 232 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> the veracious history of the Sea-cow The Sea Cow <br> is a huge Monster strong angry and injurious; she <br> brings forth a young one like to herself; yet not above <br> two but one often which she loves very much and <br> leads it about carefully with her whithersoever she <br> swims to Sea or goes on Land Lastly this Creature <br> is known to have lived 130 years by cutting off her <br> tail <br> Olaus Magnus calls the Seal the Sea-calf; and with <br> trifling exceptions gives a fair account of its habits <br> only there are some points which differ from the modern <br> Seal at all events The Sea-Calf which also in <br> Latine is called Hel- <br> ens hath its name <br> from the likeness of <br> a Land-Calf and it <br> hath a hard fleshy <br> body ; and therefore <br> it is hard to be <br> killed but by break- <br> ing the Temples of <br> the head It hath a voice like a Bull four feet but <br> not his ears ; because the manner and mansion of its <br> life is in the Waters Had it such ears they would <br> take in much Water and hinder the swimming of it <br> They will low in their sleep thence they are <br> called Calves They will learn and with their voyce <br> and countenance salute the company with a confused <br> murmuring ; called by their names they will answer <br> and no Creature sleeps more profoundly The Fins <br> that serve them for to swim in the Sea serve for legs <br> on Land and they go hobling up and down as lame <br> people do Their Skins though taken from their bodies 23574987 76213 32031 Page 232 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574987 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Magnus Biodiversity Heritage Library Leviathans Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23574987 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574987 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween leviathan university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15544907086 2015-08-25 20 52 16 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 leviathan Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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