Recreations in Natural History
Anon
Genre: | Regular Feature, Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Animal Behaviour, Monstrosities, Animal Development |
Describes a report of five kittens who, having been tossed into a pond in Lincolnshire, were later found to have been raised by a carp to be amphibious. Adds that the young carp have learnt how to mew and that the developed cats stalked a water rat. |
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