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M0108 = Perry218. Source: Avianus 35 (adapted into prose). This is Perry 218. Pliny’s Natural History mentions that monkeys sometimes kill their children by hugging them too tightly. The legend of the monkey’s twin offspring, one fortunate and one unfortunate, became part of the bestiary tradition. Compare the story of the two trees, #713.
