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Greek manuscript showing a swordfish, narwhal, hammerhead shark and whale, 16th century AD (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22976948

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/11/page/2/

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[–] TurboMars3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The swordfish looks more like a sawfish to me.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Neither has a blowhole, though. Still, I give the dude credit for giving them interesting personalities while making them generally recognizable.

[–] LittleLordFauntleroy@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

That narwhal would make an awesome tattoo.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

100% understandable but it be much more accurate to swap the heads of the narwal and swordfish

[–] nilaus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's a swordwhale and a narfish.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Looks like a dolphin, narwhal, hammerhead, and finless porpoise.