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Descriptions taken from bestiaries. Names mashups from bestiaries & Mandeville. Made by @SkrivaFel using Thanks to bestiary.ca.

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The Alerel is so tall in front and short in back that it looks like it is sitting down. It can be mistaken for an island.

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In the kingdom of Sutemga is found the Parger. It exults when victorious.

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The Monoel is the body of a gold-coloured ant with the face of a woman with green eyes. It has a saw-toothed crest on its back.

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The fiercest Sercorns are found in Layobor. It is exceptionally flexible.

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The Leontcratulus is an ass so small it is not seen before it is stepped upon. Emperor Augustus had to send troops to fight it.

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The Cerastes is a beast with the lower body of a man and the upper body of an eagle. From its saliva is generated grasshoppers.

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The Unidril is the offspring of a hyena and a mole. It circles houses at night, calling out words in the voice of a man.

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Furthermore on this animal.

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What is called a hen in Rome is a viper of the air. It builds its nest in soft and delightful places, & it builds its nest in soft and delightful places.

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In Krakow, I saw a Cockodril.

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The Griffren is a mole that can fly. They nourish their young with their own blood.

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The Phoenophone looks much like a dog. If wounded, it breathes fiercely.

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The Salaandrus is part man, part weasel. It can only eat apples if it also eats hawks.

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What is called a whale in Greece is a beast with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a whale. It builds its nest from the fruits of the cinnamon tree.

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The Yaulus is part man, part stork. It builds its nest from the fruits of the cinnamon tree.

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I have heard of an animal that is winged and four-footed. It foretells the future, therefore they spread one paw beneath them at night and wrap themselves with the other.

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Here is what is said about the Alerrhois. It only appears when it rains.

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The Monocore is part man, part leopard. When they mate, they appear to be one animal with two heads.

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The Hypnacore is an enormous cat. Its wool is soft and its body weak.

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The Sawel is a creature with the lower body of a woman and the upper body of a lion. If it falls down, it cannot get up again.