Talk:Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

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First pic[edit]

Are we sure that's a vegetable 'lamb'? Looks more like a wolf to me. Perhaps there are other veggie animals in medieval myths? La Bicyclette 06:03, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, it's a lamb - there weren't a lot of types of plantanimals (zoophytes) around. Terinthanas 13:25, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

Can we get a photo of Cibotium barometz here? -Toptomcat 19:37, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

done --Traveler100 (talk) 05:50, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

... vegetable lamb? 72.219.202.4 23:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested move → Scythian Lamb[edit]

Currently a redirect. I am not sure as to which is in more popular usage. So I really don't care, just checking if anyone else is thinking about it.--ZayZayEM 02:56, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree.Zheliel (I know I am Pro) 23:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I created dabs, but this appears to be the most common name, Scythian lamb. Please do the move. Thanks. I think my redirects will make it hard, though, if you're not an admin. --KP Botany (talk) 10:06, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, the press refer to cibotium barometz as the vegetable lamb and vegetable lamb has five times more Google results than scythian lamb. K602 (talk) 20:35, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Itchy finger....[edit]

I'm so itching to wikilink to the song "Vegetable Man".... AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 23:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The title just begs for vandalism. --KP Botany (talk) 23:38, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Vegetable lamb (Lee, 1887).jpg to appear as POTD soon[edit]

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Vegetable lamb (Lee, 1887).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 1, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-04-01. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 19:20, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

A drawing of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Agnus scythicus), a zoophyte of Central Asia. Botanist Henry Lee described it as both a true animal and a living plant, although he did allow for the possibility that the lamb was the fruit of the plant. The lamb was believed to have blood, bones, and flesh like that of a normal lamb. It was connected to the earth by a stem similar to an umbilical cord that propped the lamb up above ground. The cord could flex downward allowing the lamb to feed on the grass and plants surrounding it. Once the plants within reach were eaten, the lamb died, at which point its cotton-like wool would be harvested and used to make textiles.Artist: Unknown, after Johann Zahn

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Wait a second...[edit]

I've seen lots of drawings of this plant but no photographs that resemble anything to a lamb, am I missing something? 190.60.93.218 (talk) 19:38, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Guardian article[edit]

A recent article in The Guardian, about Sir John Sloane's collection (the origin of The British Museum) shows an image of the specimen he owned, which is now in The Natural History Museum. It describes it as "The Tartarian Lamb - Polypodium barometz" - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/16/collecting-world-hans-sloane-british-museum Wymspen (talk) 09:09, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please rename the article[edit]

According to https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Tartar+Lamb%2CLamb+of+Tartary%2CAgnus+scythicus%2CBarometz&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2CTartar%20Lamb%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CLamb%20of%20Tartary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CAgnus%20scythicus%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBarometz%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2CTartar%20Lamb%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CLamb%20of%20Tartary%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CAgnus%20scythicus%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CBarometz%3B%2Cc0 the term ‘barometz’ is more common than the alternatives. The current title of the article comes across as more of a description of what a barometz is rather than an actual name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.61.180.106 (talk) 11:47, 21 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fern.[edit]

This sheep veggie is actually a type of fern. So this is NOT a veggie and animal. 2601:1C2:5100:A3F0:D470:E7E0:7AB:110B (talk) 02:14, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]