waterbird

Updated: July 23, 2025

For his mouth being large, tongueless, and continually open in the water, multitudes of leeches become entangled in his teeth: these, when the crocodile emerges from the river and opens his mouth, are removed by a friendly waterbird, which is allowed to insert its beak without any risk to itself. But enough of this!

Lucius Apuleius - The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura