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From the 18th Century until just recently (c. 1951) even ichthyologists believed this fish climbed trees. The new explanation (v. John Roxbrough Norman's History of Fishes, published 1931) is parallel to that of the catfish incident: that birds seized them as they wriggled along on the ground, and placed them in crotches of trees possibly for future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1933 | 2/20/1933 | See Source »

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