Punch,  34 (1858), [xi].

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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