c/historyartifacts · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yGreek manuscript showing a swordfish, narwhal, hammerhead shark and whale, 16th century AD cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22976948 https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/11/page/2/ 91 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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TurboMars3@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
The swordfish looks more like a sawfish to me.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
That narwhal would make an awesome tattoo.
RandomStickman@fedia.io · 4 pts · 1y
100% understandable but it be much more accurate to swap the heads of the narwal and swordfish
nilaus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
It's a swordwhale and a narfish.
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Looks like a dolphin, narwhal, hammerhead, and finless porpoise.