國立故宮博物院 National Palace Museum 新增了 1 張相片。2020年4月14日上午4:32 · 坤輿全圖動物大觀園—駝鳥來了!
#皇帝的世界地圖 也有駝鳥!
然後…#圖中這隻比例好像有點怪怪的
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#坤輿全圖 裡對駝鳥的描述是這樣的:
原文:「駱駝鳥,諸禽中之最大者。形如鵞,其首高如乘馬之人,走時張翼,狀如棚,其行之疾如馬,或謂其腹甚熱,能化生鐵。」
The Great Universal Map (Kunyu Quantu) which Father… 更多 Ferdinand Verbiest drew for the Kangxi Emperor. What dose the map say about ‘Oscrich’?
“This animal is the world’s largest bird. Its body is shaped like a goose, and stands at a height level with a human on horseback. Its speed is on par with that of a horse, and its wings make it look like a tent when opened. It was believed that its stomach was hot enough to melt steel.“
白話版:
這種動物是世上最大的鳥類。牠的身形像鵝,當牠抬起頭時,高度如有人在馬背上那樣高。牠奔跑的時後會拍動翅膀,跟馬一樣快速。外觀看起來就像帳篷。謠傳牠的肚子裡非常炙熱,熱到足以融化生鐵。(古名:駱駝鳥)
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現代版:「鴕鳥」,古代稱「駱駝鳥」。鴕鳥沒有牙齒,所以常會吞食一些小石子幫助消化,因而被誤解為肚子可以融化像鐵一樣堅硬的東西。
The ostrich does not have any teeth, so it will swallow small stones to help with digestion, leading to the misconception that it could melt objects as hard as steel in its belly.