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An amazing unscientific fact?

From the 11th to the 17th century it was believed by some that shell fish (barnacles), containing tiny living fowls, grew on certain trees. Those that fell on the land, perished, but those that fell into water, became geese. This is the legend of the Barnacle Goose.

Barnacle Goose