<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow&#039;s Research Blog</provider_name><provider_url>https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022</provider_url><author_name></author_name><author_url>https://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/</author_url><title>whale002</title><html>&lt;figure class=&quot;tmblr-full&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://68.media.tumblr.com/000f67ab321d95bbe43ab6d66af00b44/tumblr_inline_oja9z87sQ41sfm5ga_540.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;When whales were monsters&hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;In medieval society, animals served as &ldquo;scapegoats, mirror images and representations of human reality.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;– &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heroicage.org/issues/8/szabo.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Bad to the bone&rdquo;?  The Unnatural History of Monstrous Medieval Whales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</html><type>rich</type></oembed>