Animalia Paradoxa
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animalia-paradoxa-196-17539793
title:
Animalia Paradoxa
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Animalia Paradoxa are the mythical, magical or otherwise suspect animals mentioned in the first five editions of Carl Linnaeus's seminal work Systema Naturae under the header "Paradoxa". It lists fantastic creatures found in medieval bestiaries and some animals reported by explorers from abroad and explains why they are excluded from Systema Naturae. According to Swedish historian Gunnar Broberg, it was to offer a natural explanation and demystify the world of superstition. Paradoxa was dropped
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Mythical, magical or otherwise suspect animals mentioned in Systema Naturae
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalia_Paradoxa
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2023-08-30T07:28:56Z
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