At the Davidson Seamount off the coast of Monterey, California, the exploration vessel Nautilus found, for the first time, a breeding colony of 1,000 rare deep-sea octopuses.
In Celtic Ireland, not only were wild boars and sows held in high
esteem, but so were domestic pigs; and the swineherds who tended them
were credited with magical powers. Their herds of swine would have been
semi-wild, foraging for food in the forests of kings; the herders were
thus semi-wild themselves and imbued with the woodland’s magic. The Táin Bó Cúailnge and
other ancient texts tell stories of swineherds who battle each other in
contests of magic, or who utter prophesies at key moments in the lives
of heroes and kings.
