We have already mentioned that wild Common Teal were caught and kept in Indian tealeries before being killed and eaten, and archaeological remains suggest that ancient Egyptians may have bred Common Teal in captivity (though this speculation is based on indirect evidence).

I see a forked beast squatting on the midden of the world, red-eyed, regardant, gnawing on a shinbone: poor, dumb destroyer.

unbosomer of secrets

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