| Notes | the Leucrocota, swiftest of wild beasts, about the size of an ass, with a stag’s haunches, a lion’s neck, tail and breast, badger’s head, cloven hoof, mouth opening right back to the ears, and ridges of bone in place of rows of teeth – this animals is reported to imitate the voices of human beings.”
Pliny the Elder – Naturalis Historia
Whilst a deadly man eater in its own right, the Leucrocota cannot stand up to a coordinated attack, hence its use of mimicry to entice lone victims into its reach, whereupon it springs upon the victim and consumes him alive.
Source: Mythic Rome 162 |
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