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Viper

The viper conceives through her mouth and gives birth through her side. The female viper takes the male's head in her mouth, the bites it off so he does. The young vipers eat their way out of their mother's side, and she dies.

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Bodleian Digital Library (Digital Bodleian)

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Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, folio 94v

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