American Scientist

In a famous anecdote from the history of biology, a student of French naturalist Georges Cuvier is said to have shown up in Cuvier’s bedroom dressed like a devil, horns and cloven hooves included, saying “Cuvier, Cuvier, I am going to eat you!” Cuvier looked at the apparition and retorted, “Horns, hooves, a tail: herbivore. You cannot eat me.”