Non-kosher fish “spawn” their offspring and nurse, where kosher fish lay eggs – with the exception of a bat, which lays eggs and also nurses, with many more factors to characterize the various animals (including wild geese and domesticated geese). Also, “dulfanim” — “children of the sea” — reproduce like people, and they may be dolphins or mermaid or sirens or something else. Plus, a question about the gestation of the snake. Also, philosophical discussion of the length of snakes gestation – 7 years? 3 years? 4 years? Note the Athenian sages. Eventually to debate the sages before the Roman caesar. Plus, social status and other timely decisions of the ancient world (12 of them).
Bekhorot 8: Dolphins, Mermaids, and Greek Philosophy
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