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RMB: The natural philosophy of the day taught that such an animal
existed.
Chazal applied halakhah to that case. But they don't assert the case
is
real, they take that for granted.
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CM responded:
...Yeti...a Saskwatch ... a Unicorn ...Nessie ... I am not sure why
even in those days a mouse made half of basar and half of adama was
not at least in the same class as these.... Besides when you ponder
creatures you have never seen, but only heard about in legend or
tales from travellers (who want to write a book), there is very
little info and fact of the sort you need to base halacha on. ...
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Relevant to both comments:<small><small><small><br>
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<big><big><big>Rambam in Perush ha'Mishnayos (Chulin) writes,
"This is a well-known matter; there is no end to the
number of people who have told me that they have seen
it. Such a thing is indeed astonishing, and I have no
explanation for it." </big></big></big></small></small></small><br>
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