Bestiary

I'd have to agree with everyone else and say that so far, this has been one of the most interesting reads. I really enjoyed searching through the bestiary, and was quite surprised at the accuracy of most descriptions. For the most part, I looked at "beasts", and found the characteristics and attributes given to them to be very true to form, even in modern culture. For example: the dog being very close to man, the rooster being able to tell time and crowing in the morning, the camel not needing water for days at a time - all of these descriptions are almost exactly the same as the ones we would give them today. One that I found to be particularly interesting was the Bee - the way it was described was so detailed, I'm not sure how they would have known some of the things they said about it when the Bestiary was written. The "General Attributes" includes things such as "Bees live in community, choose the most noble among them as king...and make honey". For the most part, we believe this to be true - except there is a Queen Bee instead of a King. It also says that "Bees are afraid of smoke and are excited by noise". As far as I know, one way to get rid of a bee hive is to smoke it out, and I know for sure that too much commotion will definitely get a group of bees going (been stung a couple of times! haha) Like I said, I found this to be one of the most interesting articles so far, I hope that the rest of them stay this way! :)