African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) feed amidst Egyptian papyrus plants, (Cyperus Papyrus). Papyrus, a material similar to thick paper made from the pith of the Papyrus plant was used in ancient times as a writing surface. From The Universe or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, published 1882.

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