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Ἑστιᾶται μὲν ἄλλαις καὶ ἄλλαις τροφαῖς ὁ πολύπους: ἔστι γὰρ καὶ φαγεῖν δεινὸς καὶ ἐπιβουλεῦσαι σφόδρα πανοῦργος: τὸ δὲ αἴτιον, παμβορώτατος θηρίων θαλαττίων ἐστί. καὶ ἡ ἀπόδειξις, εἴ τις αὐτῷ γένοιτο ἀθηρία, τῶν ἑαυτοῦ πλοκάμων παρέτραγε, καὶ τὴν γαστέρα κορέσας τὴν σπάνιν τῆς ἄγρας ἠκέσατο: εἶτα ἀναφύει τὸ ἐλλεῖπον, ὥσπερ οὖν τῆς φύσεως τοῦτό οἱ ἐν τῷ λιμῷ παρασκευαζούσης ἕτοιμον τὸ δεῖπνον.
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