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Q&A<\/span><\/h1>\n\n

What was the bonnacon?<\/h2>\n\n
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ATTACKING FROM THE REAR<\/strong> A 13th-century illustration of a bonnacon deploying its \u2018weapon\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
SHORT ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

A mythical bull with a malodourous method of attack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

LONG ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

Medieval bestiaries <\/span>are a delight to look through: wonderful compendiums of real and imagined creatures described as roaming in far-off lands. Inside, you might find beasts such as the leucrocotta, a hyena-like dog capable of imitating human speech, or perhaps the onager, a type of donkey with the ability to predict the spring equinox.<\/p>\n\n

Most of the hard-to-believe beasts came with a religious or moral allegory attached, but then there was the bonnacon, where it\u2019s possible the medieval scribes were just having some fun. Resembling a bull but with its attacked its enemies by spraying them with explosive excrement that scorched everything it touched. at is why, in many bestiary illustrations, humans approaching a bonnacon were depicted wearing armour \u2013 although a peg for the nose might have been quite handy, too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

PICTURE CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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