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Absurd disregard of animal's nature or habits – miscellaneous.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits. · view the constellation · filed as J1909

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Filed under Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Fisherman fails to make fish dance to his flute. Later in his net they jump about without the aid of the fluteFool tries to shoot dead antelope until it will come to himNumskull tries to shake birds from tree like fruitBreeding fine horses from an ass. Fool says, "Just as soon as the body of a colt bred from this mare is in proper proportion to its ears you will have a fine horse."Sheep licking her lamb is envied by the wolf. He says, "Such is bad conduct. If I were to do that they would say that I was eating it."Numskull tries to wash black hen whiteFear that frog may drown or get dirty
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Absurd ignorance concerning the laying of eggsAbsurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggsAbsurd ignorance concerning animal's eating and drinkingAbsurd ignorance concerning place for animal to be keptAbsurd ignorance about milking animals. (Cf. J1903.2.)Absurd ignorance about slaughtering animalsAbsurd attempt to change animal nature

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