Pope declares Beasts are Fish

[pierre deleporte]

You read this also about some sea birds (Branta geese) who would be "fish" 
because of their habitat, feeding habits and taste...

By the way, Popes are obviously phenetico-eclecticists in this respect, not 
strict cladists.
Pierre

A 12:36 03/04/2003 -0800, you wrote :
>Perhaps the Popes were merely strict cladists.
>Barry
>
>  "Frederick W. Schueler" <bckcdb at ISTAR.CA> wrote:
>Thomas Lammers wrote:
> >
> > At 08:52 PM 4/2/03 -0800, Curtis Clark wrote:
> > >I have been told by Venezuelans that capybaras are regarded as suitable
> > >for Lent. I don't know whether they have a dispensation.[...]
>
>
>* someplace or other one reads this of just about every family of
>aquatic Mammal (Otters & Seals, in my experience, for example). I'm
>amazed that there's no a website dedicated to "Mammals classified as
>fish by the Roman Catholic Church for purposes of Friday Fasting."
>
>
>
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