Pliny the Elder Quote

Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them gradually into proper shape.


Book VIII, sec. 126. - Naturalis Historia


Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them...

Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them...

Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them...

Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them...