The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, Part 2
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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In the previous week’s episodes of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discussed contemplations of plant memory and other topics that blur our understanding of the animal/plant divide. In this episode, they continue on some of those themes by considering the legendary vegetable lamb of Tartary, said to be a flesh-and-blood animal that grew from the ground.
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| 1:48.9 | And I'm Joe McCormack, and we're back with Part Two of our series on the |
| 1:52.9 | Vigitable Lamb of Tardary, a legendary creature that appeared in Medieval and Renaissance European bestiaries and travel logs, |
| 2:01.9 | such as the Travels of Surgeon Man de Ville. |
| 2:04.9 | If you haven't heard Part One of this series yet, this is one where you should really go back and check that out first, |
| 2:09.9 | so you'll know what we're talking about today. |
| 2:11.9 | But if you're rejoining us after last time, a quick refresher on these legends, |
| 2:16.9 | the idea was that somewhere in Tardary, which is a vast stretch of the Asian mainland, including what is now Central Asia, parts of China, |
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