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A 19th century clay money bank in the shape of a raccoon on top of a log cabin from Edwin Barber's Lead glazed pottery pt.1. Full text here.

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A comparison of animal faces from Maapallon eläimistö v.1 (1922) 1. Tawny owl 2. Kākāpō 3. Sunda slow loris 4. Spectral tarsier 5. Three-striped night monkey 6. Jerboa 7. Gecko 8. Black-webbed treefrog 9. Blue lantern fish Full text here.

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A dinosaur of the late Cretaceous, Struthiomimus altus, engaged in various possible behaviors from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v.35 (1916). From the top: running, anthill attacking, tree browsing, and shoreline hunting.

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An ornate sword and scabbard with horse handle from Thomas Hendley's Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883 (1883). Full text here.

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