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Ferret

The ferret (furunculus) is an animal that is used to hunt rabbits in their burrows. Here a ferret is about to bite a rabbit in a burrow while another rabbit runs into a net.

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Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes

Manuscript

Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 63v

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