D:BRUYN:VISCH (THE PORPOISE)
Haarlemmerdijk 47 Amsterdam

Porpoises are no fishes, they are mammals.
Millions of years ago they lived on land; their bodies were covered in hair,
they had external ears and walked on four legs, they bore live young.
They are related to dolphins.
That's perhaps why the animal on this tablet is flanked by dolphins.
 

 

 

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