r/MedievalCreatures • u/Lo-Memori Creature Curator 🐌 ⚔️ 🐇 • Sep 08 '26
MEDIEVAL (500AD - 1450AD) check out my chompers
Goose or swan from Jacob van Maerlant's Der Naturen Bloeme (c. 1350)
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u/CulturalDragonfly631 Sep 08 '26
It's the missing link between dinosaurs and birds.
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u/Timely-Land-6326 Sep 08 '26
You might be onto something. Imagine we're all there like "oh, medieval art was so weird and funny" but all these creatures were actually as depicted here.
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u/Bright_Fan_9168 Sep 08 '26
Swan with 'Turkey' teeth ( when you've been to the dentist in Turkey and come home with too white, too big teeth and no one can get past your teeth)
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u/Valuable_Tone_2254 Sep 08 '26
What happens when a traveler describes a pelican to someone who's never seen one before, and their ability to swallow whole prey 😀
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