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Quote from: Imperial Dave on Today at 12:54:27 PMRats with bushy tailsYou say that as if it's a bad thing...
Quote from: Ian61 on Today at 08:35:53 AMQuote from: Imperial Dave on Today at 06:31:57 AMQuote from: DBS on May 03, 2024, 10:16:40 PMAlso interesting because the purple actually looks... purple. I simply mean that sometimes there are suggestions that Tyrian purple may not have always been a shade that we would now automatically class as purple.
I did think that myself!
I think you are both right in that we know the shade is dependant on the species and precise details of manufacture. I watched a video some time ago about a chap (I am sure it was Tunisia) who had heard about this in school as 'local history' and decided to try it for himself. He got some deep colours which he used to dye some wool but not the wonderful purple we are looking at on that BBC article - that is very purple'. The Wikipedia article on Tyrian purple shows other examples from different species. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple#/media/File:Purple_Purpur_(retouched).jpg
Quote from: DBS on Today at 01:00:29 PMJurassic Park, aka Isle of Wight? Lots of the little blighters there.
Quote from: Keraunos on Today at 12:36:33 PMWhy only Scandinavian squirrel hunters? Surely other peoples hunted squirrels as well?
Quote from: Erpingham on Today at 11:43:21 AMThe main lessons appear to be don't use squirrel fur in clothes and don't keep them as pets. Given what appear to be low transmission rates in modern populations, how much of a risk were medieval squirrels to public health, one wonders? Do we have records of high levels of leprosy among Scandinavian squirrel hunters, who you would expect to have high exposure levels?