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Eagle

When the eagle gets old and its sight grows weak, it flies up to the region of the sun to burn off the mist from its eyes, then dives into the water three times.

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Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. IV. 35 (Greek Physiologus), folio 21r

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