Saturday, April 6, 2013

Dolphin and his guests

From Animals in Action (1901).


It is difficult to understand how the ancient Greeks acquired the impression that this extremely greedy and rapacious beast was a friend of man. The dolphins seem to have entered into an understanding of some sort with the sea gulls, as the birds do not seem to show the slightest fear of the great sea mammals.

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