armadillo, scurvy and dysentery, torn apart by packs of wolves in broad daylight

Natural History Museum, London

The Kerguelen Island Cabbage was first described during Cook's third voyage to the Pacific (1776-1780). Ships surgeon William Anderson found that the vitamin C-rich leaves aided crew members suffering from scurvy. See this illustration on display now in our Images of Nature Gallery: http://bit.ly/NHM-ImagesofNature-Expeditions

Lily Collins wasn't expecting that armadillo to be in that box.


 armadillo  犰狳

Definitions of armadillo

noun

a nocturnal omnivorous mammal that has large claws for digging and a body covered in bony plates. Armadillos are native to the south central US and Central and South America.

Peccaries, tapirs, anteaters, armadillos , sloths, coatis, and others are around but hard to see.

The Economist

30,000 people died, many of them succumbing to malaria, scurvy and dysentery, during the initial construction, while others were torn apart by packs of wolves in broad daylight








facebook：30,000人死亡, 其中許多人死於瘧疾, 的和痢疾, 在最初的建築中, 其他人被狼群的狼群撕裂.

Google ：最初的施工期間，有3萬人死亡，其中許多人罹患瘧疾，壞血病和痢疾，其他人在廣泛的日光下被一包狼分裂














scurvy壊血病