Seona Anderson 07/02/2024 Seona Anderson 07/02/2024

HYENA

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HYENA: I will laugh like a hyena, and that when thou art inclined to sleep. There are 4 living Hyena species including the Spotted or Laughing Hyena and they have suffered from a negative reputation.

Seona Anderson 16/01/2024 Seona Anderson 16/01/2024

PIG

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PIG: this foul swine.. from Tamworth thither is but one day’s march. Pigs are remarkable animals despite their often bad press. Find out more about Tamworth Pigs & Richard III.

Seona Anderson 15/01/2024 Seona Anderson 15/01/2024

GOAT

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, GOAT: at my birth the front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, the goats ran from the mountains. Goats have been domesticated for 1000 of years and they are regular characters in Shakespeare.

Seona Anderson 14/01/2024 Seona Anderson 14/01/2024

Cattle & Milch-Kine

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CATTLE: and there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle, and make milch-kine yield blood. Cattle were a fundamental part of Shakespeare’s world. Organisations like the Rare Breeds Survival Trust works to conserve native livestock.

Seona Anderson 11/01/2024 Seona Anderson 11/01/2024

BADGER (BROCK)

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, BROCK (Badger): Marry, hang thee, brock! Badgers are nocturnal omnivores which are protected under UK law.

Seona Anderson 08/01/2024 Seona Anderson 08/01/2024

RHINOCEROS

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RHINOCEROS: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, the armed rhinoceros, or th’ Hyrcan tiger. The 5 Rhino species in the world are under great threat but have long held great fascination for human societies.

Seona Anderson 19/12/2023 Seona Anderson 19/12/2023

DORMOUSE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, DORMOUSE: she did show favour to the youth in your sight, only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour. Read more about this sleepy little mammal which is under threat in Britain.

Seona Anderson 17/12/2023 Seona Anderson 17/12/2023

CIVET

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CIVET: Civet is of a baser birth than tar, the very uncleanly flux of a cat. Read more about the Civet and its use in perfume.

Seona Anderson 14/12/2023 Seona Anderson 14/12/2023

CAMEL

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CAMEL: “it is as hard to come as for a camel to thread the postern of a small needle’s eye”. Read this short blog to find out about Camels in Shakespeare and in the modern world.

Seona Anderson 08/12/2023 Seona Anderson 08/12/2023

Hedgehog

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HEDGEHOG: then like hedgehogs, which lie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount their pricks at my footfall. Hedgehogs are a familiar species of city and countryside in Britain but their numbers have been declining recently.

Seona Anderson 07/12/2023 Seona Anderson 07/12/2023

WOLF

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, WOLF: He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse’s health, a boy’s love, or a whore’s oath. Read about the place of wolves in Shakespeare’s work and modern conservation/reintroductions of wolves.

Seona Anderson 20/11/2023 Seona Anderson 20/11/2023

Tiger

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, TIGER: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger. #shakespearespecies #folio400