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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Sun Mar 16, 2014, 07:35 AM Mar 2014

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Cockatrice

A cock's egg hatched under a toad or serpent becomes a cockatrice or basilisk. It is a creature poisonous at a distance and poisons by it's eye. It infects first the brain, then the heart. It is pictured often with wings, legs, and a serpent's tail.

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Cockatrice (Original Post) My Good Babushka Mar 2014 OP

But, but,....... femmocrat Mar 2014 #1

Nobody claimed they were prolific, I've only encountered one or two myself. n/t A Simple Game Mar 2014 #2

LOL nt femmocrat Mar 2014 #3

Well, they're mythical My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #4

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

1. But, but,.......

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 12:21 PM

Mar 2014

cocks cannot lay eggs.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

2. Nobody claimed they were prolific, I've only encountered one or two myself. n/t

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 12:38 PM

Mar 2014

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. LOL nt

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 12:48 PM

Mar 2014

My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts)

4. Well, they're mythical

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 02:36 PM

Mar 2014

But that's what you would get if a cock did lay an egg, and it was hatched by a serpent. I'm almost certain of it.

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