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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2539582, member: 81887&quot;]Happy Thanksgiving Day, Canada!&nbsp; Enjoy your turkey stuffed with poutine (or whatever constitutes the traditional dinner for today.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very cool coin!&nbsp; But it has me wondering: Why the heck is there an ostrich on a coin from Thrace?&nbsp; When would a Thracian have even had the chance to see an ostrich, so far from the birds&#039; African homeland?&nbsp; Was this animal imported for gladiatorial games?&nbsp; Or did the ostrich formerly have a much larger range, similar to the lion?&nbsp; (Herakles didn&#039;t travel to the Serengeti to slay the Nemean lion, after all.)&nbsp; Also, now I will not rest until I have acquired a specimen of this coin for myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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