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Catoblepas

The catoblepas is an animal with a very large head, so large that it has difficulty looking up. When it does look up it exposes its eyes, which are deadly; anyone who looks into the eyes of a catoblepas will die.

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Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

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Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 E 4 (Der Naturen Bloeme), folio 15v

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