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Ichneumon
When the ichneumon fights with a snake it raises its tail; the snake sees the raised tail as a threat, and thus deceived it is killed.
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Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes
Manuscript
Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320 (Liber de natura rerum), folio 73r
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