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Re:Pliny the Elder on Dolphins (77 CE) by steamer25 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @06:45PM (#9972096)
Many Pliny was conflating dolphins and sharks?

E.g., "his mouth is situated much below his muzzle, almost, indeed, in the middle of the belly" could be reasonably applied to a picture like this one: http://www.sharkwallpapers.net/bulkupload/wallpapers/Great%2...

Maybe there are other animals mixed in there too. This seemed odd to me (although I'm far from a marine biologist): "...would present his back for him to mount, taking care to conceal the spiny projection of his fins in their sheath..."

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