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manus
etiam data elephantost, quia propter magnitudinem
corporis difficiles aditus habebat ad pastum. at quibus
bestiis erat is cibus ut †aliis generis escis vescerentur,
aut vires natura dedit aut celeritatem. data est quibusdam etiam machinatio quaedam atque sollertia, ut in
araneolis aliae quasi rete texunt, ut si quid inhaeserit
conficiant, aliae autem ut * * ex inopinato observant
et si quid incidit arripiunt idque consumunt. pina vero
(sic enim Graece dicitur) duabus grandibus patula conchis cum parva squilla quasi societatem coit comparandi cibi; itaque cum pisciculi parvi in concham
hiantem innataverunt, tum admonita a squilla pina
morsu comprimit conchas: sic dissimillimis bestiolis
communiter cibus quaeritur;
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