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[rowanberries]

Indeed.

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[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Oh CHINA.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

Reads like something out of Monty Python, doesn't it?

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

UTTERLY. Is this for real?

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it's from a translation by a contemporary European scientist. And we know what they're like when it comes to other countries.

[genarti]

Remotely accurate/authentic or not, that list is a beautiful thing.

[davegodfrey.livejournal.com]

I've heard this before, but European animal classification at the time would have been equally illogical from a modern perspective, but probably made total sense to the people doing the classification.