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256 CURIOUS CREATURES.
THE SEA DRAGON.
Of the Ray tribe of fishes, the Sea Dragon is the
most frightful-looking, but we know next to nothing
about it. Pliny only cursorily mentions it thus : " The
Sea Dragon again, if caught, and thrown on the sand,
works out a hole for itself with its muzzle, with the
most wonderful celerity." Olaus Magnus simply copies
Pliny almost word for word. Gesner, from whom I
have taken this illustration, merely classes it among the
Rays, and gives no further information about it ; neither
does Aldrovandus, from whom I have taken another
picture.
THE STING RAY.
Pliny mentions the Sting Ray, and ascribes to it
marvellous powers, which it does not possess : " There
is nothing more to be dreaded than the sting which
protrudes from the tail of the Trygon, by our people
known as the Pastinaca, a weapon five inches~in length.
Fixing this in the root of a tree, the fish is able to kill
it ; it can pierce armour, too, just as though with an
arrow, and to the strength of iron it adds all the corro-

sive qualities of poison."
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Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus. throughout the text.
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23575011
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76213 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
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32031 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
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Page 256
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NameFound:Aldrovandus NameFound:Magnus NameFound:Pastinaca NameConfirmed:Pastinaca EOLID:71024 NameBankID:178086 NameFound:Trygon NameConfirmed:Trygon EOLID:4536889 NameBankID:2535591
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23575011
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10.5962/bhl.title.32031
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  • Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus. throughout the text.
  • Mermaids
  • Monsters Are Real
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19 October 2014
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