MAKE A MEME View Large Image Curious creatures in zoology (14948397953).jpg i 9 4 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> at the moment of the swan's death it gives utterance <br> to a mournful song ; but this is an error in my opinion ; <br> at least I have tested the truth of the ...
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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (14948397953).jpg i 9 4 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> at the moment of the swan's death it gives utterance <br> to a mournful song ; but this is an error in my opinion ; <br> at least I have tested the truth of the story on several <br> occasions That some swans have a kind of voice and <br> can change a note or two no one who has met with a <br> flock or two of hoopers or wild swans can deny <br> Olaus Magnus relates the fable and quotes Plato that <br> the swan sings at its death not from sorrow but out of <br> joy at finishing its life He also gives us a graphic illus- <br> tration of how swans may be caught by playing to them <br> on a lute or other stringed instrument and also that they <br> were to be caught by men playing music with stalking- <br> horses in the shape of oxen or horses ; and in another <br> page he says that not far from London the Metropolis <br> of England on the River Thames may be found more <br> than a thousand domesticated swans <br> THE ALLE ALLE <br> There is also in this Lake the White Lake a kind of <br> bird very frequent ; and in other Coasts of the Bothnick 23574949 76213 32031 Page 194 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574949 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Magnus 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 23574949 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574949 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 N02/14948397953 2015-08-25 21 51 58 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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