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Show BORN IN THE SKY. Why Fishes and Frog4 Coma Down In Shower. A writer in Nature's Realm says thai little fishes may be hatched in the clouds. What he says about it is so interesting that his wholo loiter Is herewith given: ' ' 'I observe a reference made In tho American Anglor touching upon showers show-ers of fishes, in whiclt ltta that ecienco has not yet fully explained the phenomena. This is perhaps slightly incorrect. Several cuuses have been suggested. Might it not very probably proba-bly be that fish and frogs which fall apparently from tho skies aro . really bred there? "Water fowL it in known, very frequently fre-quently carry eggs of fish to great distances, dis-tances, having swallowed them, and in their flight disgorging the same unharmed un-harmed where they can and do fructify and mature in water over which those birds pass. The eggs of many old tish are very glutinous, and readily adhere to substances brought in contact with them during particular times of incubation. incu-bation. Is it not very probable that not only do these birds convey ova upon up-on their wings as well as in their crops, and when flying nt great heights tho ova, becoming detached from the wings, may remain suspended in the moist atmosphere, at-mosphere, which is quito possible un der certain conditions of atmospherical pressure, and that when under development devel-opment they become too heavy and naturally fall to the earth, as frequently witnessed?" |
