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[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That is also why barnacle geese are called barnacle geese; they thought the adults died in winter and new adults emerged fully formed from barnacles in the spring.

Why barnacles? Apparently the barnacle shells attached to driftwood resembled bird shells to people.