普林尼(姓氏; Pliny “the Elder”, Gaius Plinius Secundus 老普林尼, 23-79,罗马学者)
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Pliny also described how he was able to make practical use of bioluminescence : a walking stick dipped in the glowing slime of a jellyfish , he observed , " will light the way like a torch " .
Montaigne quoted a story he had picked up from pliny , about a species of " sea-hare " , a kind of sea-slug , which is deadly to humans but which ( thought pliny ) itself dies on contact with human skin .
Pliny the elder included this little piece of trivia in his book natural history written more than 2000 years ago and from there the word sarcophagus popped into english in a 1601 translation of the classic work .
Aristotle and pliny the elder both described such monsters ; legends such as the lusca ( caribbean ) , scylla ( ancient greece ) , and the sea monk ( medieval europe ) all describe a bizarre , often dangerous nautical creature .