The brunette, her legend, her earrings and her dentist

On the island of Capri, whose landscapes were used for the enjoyment of the emperors of Ancient Rome, you can still see pools from the time, when Tiberius and his nephew Caligula had fun throwing slaves to serve as bait for the brunettes.

There are legends for all tastes depending on the degree of cruelty that is supported.

Being condemned to moray eels was more than just a set phrase, it was a reality that you could end up torn by, because of the pressure exerted by the jaws of this fish that looks like a sea serpent that causes an intense bite, similar to the of a dog

Already put, it should be noted that the moray eel is a fish that takes care of its oral hygiene.

To do this, it uses prawns and shrimps that feed on the residues that remain between their teeth.

That's why they never eat them, just like we don't eat our toothbrush either.

Please.

However, going back to Roman times, there were those who turned the brunette into a pet and treated it as a pet.

This is told by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, when he tells us about the consul Hortensio, famous for his oratory and melodious voice, who had a swimming pool with a brunette whom he became so fond of that, when she died, he ended up sunk in a depression.

As if that were not enough, Antonia, the wife of Claudius Drusus Nero, brother of Tiberius, put earrings on another brunette with whom she was infatuated.

The relationship between human beings and this sea serpent of extreme ugliness and teeth in its throat has its present in the Canary Islands, where tradition obliges to catch it with a ritual song whose imperative lyrics must be accompanied by whistles.

“Eat brunette, eat”, chant Canarian fishermen as they throw the lit bait at the end of a rod through which a wire passes.

All things considered, moray eel fishing is not easy, as it is done with circular movements of the rod between the rocks, causing the fish to come out of its lair carried by its sense of smell.

When it has bitten the bait, the animal goes through the noose that carries the wire and which the fisherman pulls to strangle it.

The old fishermen of the Canary Islands know that what really makes the moray eel come out of its hiding place is not the song or the whistling, but the bait;

what happens is that lying requires imagination when it comes to believing itself, unlike the truth that requires rigor, and with that rare mixture of rigor and deception, it should be noted that brunettes are not as fierce as they are painted, They only attack humans when they feel threatened.

The legend of Ancient Rome was due to the fact that the moray eels that the emperors had in their pools were hungry.

That is why the slaves were received with bites.

And turning them into pets was due to the fact that, lacking scales, moray eels are often prey to parasites.

For this reason, brunettes seek caresses, not because they are cuddly, but to relieve itching.

What happens is that the imagination is always bigger than the entire reality.

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