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Salmon

Gerald of Wales says the salmon of Ireland like to leap up waterfalls. They do this by bending around to grasp their tails with their mouth; when they suddenly let go they are propelled upward.

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British Library - Digitized Manuscripts

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British Library, Royal MS 13 B VIII (Topographia Hibernica / Expugnatio Hibernica / Itinerarium Kambriae), folio 23r

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