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Vulpine Vulture
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ VULPINE     id+ | TO TEAR |
              id+ | FOX LIKE |
     biol> HUMANS CONSIDER THE FOX TO BE
           CUNNING or ADROIT  CAGEY  CLEVER
     CRAFTY  SLY  and continue to foster
           its EXTERMINATION  sug> GENOCIDE
~ VULTURE  id+ | TO PLUCK |
           etymology points to TEAR
  lat   LUPUS       WOLF
        VELLERE     TO TEAR
        VELSUM      same
  biol  VULTURE     FLESH TEARING BIRD
  eng   VULNERABLE  LIABLE
        WOUND       GASH or
  med>  AVULSION    CUT  LACERATION
        CONVULSION  SEIZURE
  eng   REVULSION   REPUGNANT
  biol> VULPEX      RED FOX  also
        VULPECULA   LITTLE FOX
        WOLF        or
        WOLVERINE   or
  ukr   VOVK        WOLF
        VOVA        LITTLE WOLF for 
        VLADIMIR    or
        WLADIMIR
  biol> ave LARGE BIRDS OF PREY SIMILAR
        TO EAGLES or
  HAWKS but with NAKED HEADS and
  SURVIVE EATING MOSTLY CARRION
  myth> THE VULTURES and the
        DOGS OF MARS WERE SACRED
  THEY ENJOYED THE SLAUGHTER OF BATTLE
  OTHER MAIN SYMBOLS OF MARS WERE 
  A SHIELD AND A SWORD

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