January 21st, 2021 at 3:44PM
smithsonianlibraries: “From Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi ac medici Bononiensis historiam […] v.3 (1673): An illustration of a pelican feeding its young with its own blood, an old European belief about pelican behavior with no...

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From Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Vlyssis Aldrovandi philosophi ac medici Bononiensis historiam […]  v.3 (1673): An illustration of a pelican feeding its young with its own blood, an old  European belief about pelican behavior with no basis in reality. You may also note that the pelican in the illustration has a small sharp beak instead of the long beak and throat pouch that typifies real-world pelicans.

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    fun fact: the pelican is also a lesser used symbol for jesus christ since christians drink jesus’s blood during the...
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408 notes #medieval europeans truly believed whatever
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