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Image: A bearded reedling (bird) on bamboo. Caption: Recipe for Mashed Aphids / Ingredients: / 200 aphids, whole / Salt / Put aphids into a saucepan. Mash the aphids with an aphid masher. (Don't over-mash the aphids or they will get gloopy.) Add salt to taste. Serves one.

The animal shown is a bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus, formerly Calamophilus biarmicus), also known as a bearded tit. They eat aphids in the summer and reed seeds in the winter.

The image in the comic is based on the illustration on Plate 26 of the book Evropské ptactvo (1871) by Anton Fritsch (Antonin Fritsch, Antonín Frič, Antonína Friče, 1832–1913). (That book is available online at BioLib.de.)

DateFeb 20, 2009
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