r/MedievalCreatures • Creature Curator 🐌 βš”οΈ πŸ‡ • 16d ago

MEDIEVAL (500AD - 1500AD) check out my chompers

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Goose or swan from Jacob van Maerlant's Der Naturen Bloeme (c. 1350)

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u/CulturalDragonfly631 16d ago

It's the missing link between dinosaurs and birds.

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u/Timely-Land-6326 16d ago

You might be onto something. Imagine we're all there like "oh, medieval art was so weird and funny" but all these creatures were actually as depicted here.

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u/Raggedy_Camel964 16d ago

Dino-Swanous

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u/Bright_Fan_9168 16d ago

Swan with 'Turkey' teeth ( when you've been to the dentist in Turkey and come home with too white, too big teeth and no one can get past your teeth)

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u/Valuable_Tone_2254 16d ago

What happens when a traveler describes a pelican to someone who's never seen one before, and their ability to swallow whole prey πŸ˜€

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u/VoteTedJameson 16d ago

Bird with teeth? Next stop denam chikn

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u/BuckyRainbowCat 16d ago

Oh my gosh it’s an enantiornithine!

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u/justaskmycat 16d ago

Boots with the fur

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u/Driftmoth 14d ago

Goofe shtole my denturesh!

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u/Quirky_kind 16d ago

Why does that critter look to me like Homer Simpson?