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Snipe

The snipe (nepa) has a long beak which it uses to dig for woms in the earth; sometimes it digs too deep and cannot pull its beak out, so it uses its feet to dig itself free.

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British Library - Digitized Manuscripts

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British Library, Additional MS 11390 (Der Naturen Bloeme), folio 44v

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