Commentary for Yevamot 240:11

רבא אמר בסכין מלובנת ודברי הכל:

— Waters are different since they irritate the wound.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this makes survival in the first case (cf, supra n. 2 final clause) impossible. ');">²⁸</span> But, surely, Rabbah b. Bar Hana related: I myself have seen an Arab merchant who took hold of a sword and cut open the arteries of his camel, but this did not cause it to cease its cry!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Till the actual moment of death, which shows that even after the cutting of its arteries an animal may still live. ');">²⁹</span> — Abaye replied: That [camel] was a lean animal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the wound was not deep. ');">³⁰</span>

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