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Ἀκολαστότατον τῶν ἰχθύων τὸν πολύποδα εἶναί φασι καὶ ἐς τοσοῦτον λαγνεύειν, ἐς ὅσον αὐτῷ ἡ πᾶσα τοῦ σώματος ῥώμη ἐκρυεῖσα ἀσθενῆ ἀπέφηνε καὶ νήξασθαι μὲν ἥκιστον, τροφὴν δὲ μαστεῦσαι ἀδύνατον, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα ἄλλους τρέφειν. τὰ γοῦν σμικρὰ τῶν ἰχθυδίων καὶ τὰς καλουμένας καρκινάδας καὶ τοὺς καρκίνους ἐπιφοιτᾶν τε ἅμα καὶ κατεσθίειν αὐτόν. λέγουσι δὲ ταύτην εἶναι τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ μὴ δύνασθαι πολύποδα ἐνιαυτοῦ βιῶναι χρόνον μακρότερον. καὶ θῆλυς δὲ ἄρα πολύπους ἀναλίσκεται ῥᾳδίως τίκτων πολλάκις.
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