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What animal which lives in sea-water will drown if taken out of it? (Gním Abraein.)

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Filed under Riddle: animal qualities.

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What animal which lives in fire will burn if taken out of it? (Tegillus, now called salamander.) (Cf. B768.2.) What animal has one voice living and seven voices dead? (Ibis, from whose carcass musical instruments are made.)

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