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I find it fascinating that the author apparently knew about planets and gravitational attraction (which are fairly advanced concepts) while at the same time bei
by gitpusher 4y ago
I find it fascinating that the author apparently knew about planets and gravitational attraction (which are fairly advanced concepts) while at the same time being completely unaware that animals can migrate long distances.
You'd think migration is a very easily-explainable phenomenon. But for thousands of years it completely flummoxed Western thinkers. The big breakthrough came in 1822, when a stork arrived in Germany... carrying an African-made arrow impaled through its neck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeilstorch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeilstorch
- jimkleiber 4y ago1822? Makes me question whether King Arthur would have known that African swallows existed[0]. But in all seriousness, wow, I had no idea this was such a recentish phenomenon. [0]: Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference.
- mc32 4y agoWhat did they think of migratory birds which would “disappear” one season to “reappear” another season. What was the explanation, if any?
- junofan 4y agoHibernation
- beerandt 4y agoThe Cajuns were one of the first groups to realize this. After being expelled from Canada ([0]Le Grand Dérangement, 1755-1764), they realized the ducks that spent the summer in their previous home up north spent the winter in their new home on the gulf coast. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians