(thing) by skow Sun Jul 22 2001 at 12:34:49

MUGIL, the Grey Mullet, is so named because it is very nimble (multum agillis). For, when it percieves that the snares of fishermen have been set, it instantly turns round and leaps over the net, so that you can watch it flip through the air.

Description from a medieval bestiary
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