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hermitcrab ◴[21 Nov 24 16:29 UTC] No.42205939[source]▶

>>42203990 (OP) #

At least these artists had actually seen a cow. There are some hilarious medieval artworks of lions where the artist had clearly never seen a lion. https://www.sadanduseless.com/medieval-lion-art/

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throwup238 ◴[21 Nov 24 18:27 UTC] No.42207140[source]▶

>>42205939 #

Someone made a timeline of European drawings of elephants after they disappeared from Europe: https://www.uliwestphal.de/elephas-anthropogenus/index.html

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1. hermitcrab ◴[21 Nov 24 21:54 UTC] No.42209085[source]▶

>>42207140 #

That's amazing. Thanks.

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The rectangular cows of Art UK (2018)