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similis crocodilo, sed minor etiam ichneumone, est in nilo natus scincos, contra venena praecipuus antidotis, item ad inflammandam virorum venerem.
verum in crocodilo maior erat pestis quam ut uno esset eius hoste natura contenta. itaque et delphini inmeantes nilo, quorum dorso tamquam ad hunc usum cultellata inest pinna, abigentes eos praedam ac velut in suo tantum amne regnantes, alioqui inpares viribus ipsi, astu interimunt. callent enim in hoc cuncta animalia sciuntque non sua modo commoda, verum et hostium adversa, norunt sua tela, norunt occasiones partesque dissidentium inbelles. in ventre mollis est tenuisque cutis crocodilo: ideo se ut territi mergunt delphini subeuntesque alvum illa secant spina. quin et gens hominum est huic beluae adversa in ipso nilo, a tentyri insula, in qua habitat, appellata. mensura eorum parva, sed praesentia animi in hoc tantum usu mira. terribilis haec
contra fugaces belua est, fugax contra sequentes. sed adversum ire soli hi audent, quin et flumini innatant dorsoque equitantium modo inpositi hiantibus resupino capite ad morsum addita in os clava, a dextra ac laeva tenentes extrema eius utrimque, ut frenis in terram agunt captivos ac voce etiam sola territos cogunt evomere recentia corpora ad sepulturam. itaque uni ei insulae crocodili non adnant olfactuque eius generis hominum, ut psyllorum serpentes, fugantur. hebetes oculos hoc animal dicitur habere in aqua, extra acerrimi visus, quattuorque menses hiemis semper inedia tramittere in specu. quidam hoc unum quamdiu vivat crescere arbitrantur; vivit autem longo tempore.
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