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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (14948446333).jpg 244 <br> CURIOUS CREATURES <br> THE NARWHAL <br> generally called the Monoceros or Sea Unicorn is <br> thus shown in one place by Gcsner ; and rough though <br> it is it is far more like the Narwhal's horn than is <br> the other also in his work of a Sea Rhinoceros or <br> Narwhal engaged <br> in combat with an <br> outrageous - sized <br> Lobster or Kraken <br> I know not which ; <br> for as we shall <br> presently see the <br> Kraken is repre- <br> sented as a Cray- <br> fish or Lobster It was the long twisted horn of the <br> Narwhal which did duty for ages as the horn of the <br> fabled Unicorn a gift worthy to be presented by an <br> Emperor to an Emperor <br> This sketch of Gesner's he describes as a one-horned <br> monster with a sharp nose devouring a Gambarus <br> Glaus Magnus dismisses the Narwhal very curtly The <br> Unicorn is a Sea Beast having in his forehead a very 23574999 76213 32031 Page 244 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574999 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Magnus NameFound Monoceros NameConfirmed Monoceros EOLID 4608239 NameBankID 3398650 NameFound Rhinoceros NameConfirmed Rhinoceros EOLID 15581 NameBankID 2478645 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 23574999 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574999 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 N02/14948446333 2015-08-25 20 54 32 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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