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Porphirio

The porphirio has one foot with claws and one foot that is webbed. It uses the clawed foot to catch fish, and the webbed foot to swim to shore with its catch.

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British Library - Digitized Manuscripts

Manuscript

British Library, Additional MS 11390 (Der Naturen Bloeme), folio 45v

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