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And sea-dogsAelian, op. cit., ii. 55; Moralia, 982 a; for the kinds of γαλεοί (a species of shark), see Mair’s note on Oppian, Halieutica, i. 379 (L.C.L.). are a very good example, for they bring forth their young alive within their bodies,That is, they are viviparous. but permit their offspring to emerge and forage, and then take them back again and enfold them in their vitals and let them sleep there.
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And the she-bear, cf. Aelian, op. cit., ii. 19; Aristotle, op. cit., 579 a 24: ἀδιάρθρωτα τὰ σκὲλη καὶ τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν μορίοων. the most savage and sullen of beasts, brings forth her young formless and without visible joints, and with her tongue, as with a tool, she moulds into shape their skin cf. Aulus Gellius, xvii. 10. 3.; and thus she is thought, not only to bear, but to fashion her cub.
