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Natural History (DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias)

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A beautiful guide to Earth's wildlife and natural history, including its rocks, minerals, animals, plants, fungi, microorganisms and more! Introducing

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It was mentioned as a book published in 78 AD that contained the urban legend about elephants being afraid of mice, a widely held belief even back then.

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Of all other living creatures, elephants cannot abide a mouse or a rat.

— Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 2)

Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 2)

It was mentioned as a book published in 78 AD that contained the urban legend about elephants being afraid of mice, a widely held belief even back then.

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Of all other living creatures, elephants cannot abide a mouse or a rat.

Episode: Mythbusters (Part 2)

It was mentioned as a book published in 78 AD, containing all the natural knowledge of the day. The podcast host specifically mentioned a quote from it about elephants and mice.

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Of all other living creatures, elephants cannot abide a mouse or a rat.

Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 2)

It was mentioned as a book published in 78 AD and containing information about elephants' fear of mice, showing that this belief existed long ago. A 1600s English translation was also mentioned.

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Of all other living creatures, elephants cannot abide a mouse or a rat.

Episode: Mythbusters (Part 2)

It was mentioned as a book published in 78 AD that contained the idea that elephants are afraid of mice, and was described as being the first encyclopedia of its time.

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Of all other living creatures, elephants cannot abide a mouse or a rat.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Pliny the Elder wrote about the manticore in Natural History, and cited Tasius's work. He described the creature as having a human face and ears, bluish eyes, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail. It made a sound like a pipe mixed with a trumpet. He is considered one of the first cryptozoologists.

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He is kind of the first cryptozoologist.

— Episode: Cryptids of India: an Untold Story

Episode: Cryptids of India: an Untold Story

Pliny the Elder wrote about the manticore in Natural History, and cited Tasius's work. He described the creature as having a human face and ears, bluish eyes, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail. It made a sound like a pipe mixed with a trumpet. He is considered one of the first cryptozoologists.

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He is kind of the first cryptozoologist.

He's saying, oh, I heard about this one thing, you know, and I heard about this other thing.

He writes that amongst these same men, there is found an animal, I have to lapse into the voice, called the manticora, which has three rows of teeth like a comb. The face and ears of a human and bluish eyes. It is red in color with the body of a lion and a tail with stingers like a scorpion. Its voice is as if the sounds of the pipe were mixed with a trumpet and it is a creature of great speed which avidly goes after human flesh.

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

It was mentioned in passing as a source for information about toothpicks, specifically, using a dog's tooth or lizard bone for dental hygiene in ancient times.

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It is beneficial also to pick the sick tooth with the longest tooth of the left side of a dog or

— Episode: 473 - Toothpicks in America

Episode: 473 - Toothpicks in America

It was mentioned in passing as a source for information about toothpicks, specifically, using a dog's tooth or lizard bone for dental hygiene in ancient times.

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It is beneficial also to pick the sick tooth with the longest tooth of the left side of a dog or

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