о канадских бобрах (англ.)
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avvaЦитата дня (из статьи канадского профессора о своём опыте преподавания в университете на юге США):
Это просто праздник какой-то!
Like the beaver — who shocks predators by biting off its own testicles when cornered — Canadians may appear harmless, but we're surprisingly tough.
Это просто праздник какой-то!
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Date: 2003-09-20 06:33 am (UTC)Castor castrator
Date: 2003-09-20 06:59 am (UTC)Est animal quod dicitur castor mansuetum nimis, cuius testiculi medicine sunt aptissimi, de quo dicit Phisiologus, quia cum venatorem se insequentem cognovit, morsu testiculos sibi abscidit , et in faciem venatoris eos proicit et sic fugiens evadit. Si vero rursus contigerit ut alter venator eum prosequatur, erigit se et ostendit virilia sua venatori. Quem cum viderit testiculis carere, ab eo discedit.
There is an animal called the beaver, which is extremely gentle; its testicles are are highly suitable for medicine. Physiologus says of it that, when it knows that a hunter is pursuing it, it bites off its testicles and throws them in the hunter's face and, taking flight, escapes. But if, once again, another hunter is in pursuit, the beaver rears up and displays its sexual organs. When the hunter sees that it lacks testicles, he leaves it alone.
Текст (http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/bestiary_old/alt/translat/trans11r.html)
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Date: 2003-09-20 07:05 am (UTC)it is a horrible lie that, since hunters chase the beaver for this secretion, the beaver knowing what they are after, tears out his testicles with his teeth and throws them away.
+ http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/oxford/451.htm
не нашел ничего умнее...
Это просто праздник какой-то!
Re: Castor castrator
Date: 2003-09-20 07:56 am (UTC)Re: Castor castrator
Date: 2003-09-20 08:51 am (UTC)А-а-а-а-а... Теперь понятно. Наверное, канадцы когда-то уже откусили себе яийца, а теперь, в случае какой опасности - демонстрируют, мол - нету их у нас...
А французы - тоже бобры, теперь выходит, что?
Speaking about canadians
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Date: 2003-09-20 12:43 pm (UTC)Re: Speaking about canadians
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Date: 2003-09-21 09:27 am (UTC)Re: Speaking about canadians
Date: 2003-09-22 02:38 am (UTC)