Chinese woodcut, 'abnormal' creatures are not comestible
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The woodcut shows three 'abnormal' goats - one white with a black head, one black with a white head and one with six horns. Two men are discussing the theory that the flesh of abnormal or malformed goats is poisonous and therefore unfit for consumption.
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Shi shou bianyi (On eating abnormal creatures)