[HN Gopher] Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons
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       Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2023-05-30 05:49 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | lebuffon wrote:
       | Sounds like the medieval equivalent of the legendary jackalope.
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       | https://travelwyoming.com/article/jackalope-amaze-visitors-o...
        
       | imdbnurnot wrote:
       | Best news I read all week.
        
       | koliber wrote:
       | Maybe they met a skunk. But how would a skunk find its way to
       | this side of the Atlantic?
        
         | charles_f wrote:
         | There are skunks in Europe[1], but they look nothing like what
         | that beast is supposed to.
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         | [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_polecat
        
           | pacaro wrote:
           | Medieval Europeans would have been familiar with polecats.
           | They are/were used for pest control, although they were
           | considered pests themselves. They're probably the ancestor
           | species for ferrets too
           | 
           | In the 70s I knew someone who kept them as pets and for
           | hunting rabbits. They really do stink
        
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