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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15382352938).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES <br> 53 <br> quotes Cardanus as saying that the Cercopithecus or <br> Wild-man is singularly made having the height and <br> form of a man with legs <br> like man's and is covered <br> all over with hair No <br> animal can withstand it <br> with the exception of man <br> to whom when in its own <br> regions it is not inferior <br> It loves boys and women <br> Pliny speaks of the <br> Satyr Ape thus Among <br> the mountainous districts <br> of the eastern parts of <br> India in what is called <br> the country of the Cathar- <br> cludi we find the Satyr <br> an animal of extraordi- <br> nary swiftness They go <br> sometimes on four feet <br> and sometimes walk erect; <br> they have also the features <br> of a human being On <br> account of their swiftness <br> these creatures are never HP <br> to be caught except when <br> they are aged or sickly and in another place he says <br> The Sph ngium and the Satyr stow away food in the <br> pouches of their cheeks after which they will take out <br> piece by piece in their hands and eat it <br> Topsell has mixed up the Simia Satyrus with the <br> classical satyr having legs and horns like goats ; but <br> he evidently alludes to the former in this passage The 23574808 76213 32031 Page 53 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574808 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Cardanus NameConfirmed Cardanus EOLID 4327776 NameBankID 4103663 NameFound Cercopithecus NameConfirmed Cercopithecus EOLID 15085 NameBankID 2481632 NameFound Satyrus NameConfirmed Satyrus EOLID 11018434 NameBankID 113444 NameFound Simia NameConfirmed Simia NameBankID 113860 Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23574808 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574808 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween 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 N02/15382352938 2015-08-25 21 51 33 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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