LOCUSTS (Carob)
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LOCUSTS (Carob)

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LOCUSTS (Carob): The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. Carob beans are a sweet treat & famine food, and the basis for the gemstone & gold unit of measurement.

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RAVEN
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RAVEN

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RAVEN: the raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. The Raven is a bird of foreboding in Shakespeare. Ravens have a rich cultural heritage in many societies.

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MOSS
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MOSS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, MOSS: Yea, and furred moss, besides, when flowers are none to winter-ground thy corse. The UK is extremely rich in Moss species especially the globally important Temperate Rainforest.

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SLUG
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SLUG

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SLUG: Fie, what a slug is Hastings, that he comes not to tell us whether they come or no! Slugs are often associated with slowness and Shakespeare also uses this metaphor.

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Samphire
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Samphire

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SAMPHIRE: halfway down hangs one that gathers samphire - dreadful trade. ‘Death by Samphire collection’ was an occupational hazard in Tudor England in the harvesting of this tasty & healthy food.

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EEL
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EEL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, Eel: as the cockney did to the eels when she put ‘em i’ th’ paste alive. The magnificent, mysterious Eel is now critically endangered but you can help - join ZSL Eel efforts

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WREN
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WREN

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, WREN: but if there be yet left in heaven as small a drop of pity as a wren’s eye, feared gods, a part of it! Wrens, tiny and tuneful are valued in many cultures.

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WORMWOOD
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WORMWOOD

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, WORMWOOD: To weed this wormwood from your fruitful brain and therewithal to win me. Wormwood is a herb, medicine, poison and signal of the end of days. Read more about this remarkable plant.

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COD
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COD

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, COD: She that in wisdom never was so frail to change the cod’s head for the salmon’s tail. Cod have been an important food for millennia but numbers have declined greatly in recent years.

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OSPREY
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OSPREY

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, OSPREY: I think he’ll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish, who takes it by sovereignty of nature. The majestic fisher of the skies appears only once in Shakespeare.

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SPERM WHALE
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SPERM WHALE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day: Sperm Whale (Parmacety): And telling me the most sovereignest thing on Earth, was parmacety for an inward bruise. Sperm Whales were almost hunted to extinction for the spermaceti in their heads, they are still endangered today.

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COCKLE
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COCKLE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, COCKLE: How should I your true love know from another one? From his cockle hat and staff and his sandal shoon. Cockles were and are an important food stuff and their shells symbolised pilgrimage particularly to Santiago de Compostela

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FROG
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FROG

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, FROG: Would I could find a fine frog, he would tell me news from all parts o’ th’ world. Frogs are an integral part of our ecosystems as both prey and predator.

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