The mythical animal with a deadly rear end. . .!

While composing the article entitled Wonderful wall paintings under the whitewash. . . I could not help but notice the reference to a mythical bull-like creature called the Bonnacon. It isn’t one of the beasts that we usual come across, such as gryphons, the phoenix, dragons and so on, but once you learn of its party trick, its general absence from literature becomes understandable. When chased and in likely danger, it, um, fires off some poisonous excrement. Hmm, not a pleasant habit.

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