Variations: Snow-worm
The Zulāl or Snow-worm is a small worm, the length of a human finger, that breeds in snow. It has yellow spots. The water inside of a zulāl is cold, pure, and refreshing, so it is often captured by humans to drink its contents. The term zulāl is also used to mean cold water on its own, without worms involved. This is now the current use of the term in Arabic and the snow-worm is all but forgotten.
While a zulāl is a worm and unclean, the water inside it is of exceptional pureness and is perfectly safe to drink.
References
Al-Damiri, K. (1891) Hayat al-hayawan al-kubra. Al-Matba’ah al-Khayriyah, Cairo.
Jayakar, A. S. G. (1908) ad-Damiri’s Hayat al-Hayawan (A Zoological Lexicon). Luzac and Co., London.
The perfect wild waterbottle
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Yeah, no. I’m not drinking out of that
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Just think of it as a squeezy water bottle
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Just imagine stepping on it and hearing the squelching sound of it popping.
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Splshhh
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Squeeze. That’s gotta hurt for the little fella.
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You’re going to need more than one of those things to quench your thirst.
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natural water balloons
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