School_House_Rock t1_jcqcyun wrote on March 18, 2023 at 7:13 PM Reply to TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables My grandfather had a monkey who loved to eat toothpaste. He died from eating the tubes of paint my grandfather used for paintings that contained lead. The monkey was not stuffed and mounted, afaIk Permalink 47
School_House_Rock t1_jcqcyun wrote
Reply to TIL Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip, who terrorized his dog, buried valuables in the yard, and died eating "a pound or two" of lead paint. As a character in one of his novels, Grip is believed to have inspired Poe's famous poem, and is on display in a Philadelphia public library by jableshables
My grandfather had a monkey who loved to eat toothpaste. He died from eating the tubes of paint my grandfather used for paintings that contained lead.
The monkey was not stuffed and mounted, afaIk