Medieval cranes were frequently shown with red caps as well as gripping a stone as in this image from a 1425 German version of "De rerum naturis". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #crane #cranes
Medieval cranes were frequently shown with red caps as well as gripping a stone as in this image from a 1425 German version of "De rerum naturis". #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #crane #cranes
Yes more good news for the shortest day - my heart is positively racing it canna take it 😂
Cranes made a comeback in #Scotland after a 500-year absence. The crane — once a mainstay of medieval banquets — disappeared due to hunting and habitat loss. The birds are now recolonising naturally thanks to the restoration of their wetland habitats by conservationists. This summer up to six breeding pairs were recorded in #Aberdeenshire.
"Hey! Hey!" Brunhilde said. "Where do babies come from?"
The bear and Forrest glanced at one another.
"Isn't there a #crane that brings them?" the bear said.
Brunhilde stared at him reproachfully.
"Don't they just replicate them?" Forrest said. "That's where we came from."
"But we weren't ever babies," the bear admitted.
Silence.
"Maybe you should ask your mother," Forrest said.
"I did!" Brunhilde scoffed. "But her answer made even less sense than yours — something about birds and bees." #wss366
![A silvery grey crane with a red cap looking over its own shoulder. It holds a stone in one raised claw and has a curving wing. It has a long slender neck and a round head with a long pointed dark beak. It is shown against a blue background standing on a brown ground with red and white plants. Image from Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291 [De rerum naturis], folio 100v.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/964/589/088/539/795/original/4e4c243b03db78fb.jpeg)
