Where Do Birds Go In Winter?
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[MUSIC] In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard hit the first birdie on the moon. Not literally, of course. There’s no actual birds up there. But that’s not what Charles Morton thought. In 1703 he published a pamphlet claiming that the reason some birds disappeared during winter was because they were vacationing on the moon. Really puts the “loon” in lunar… [MUSIC] Throughout history, people were at a loss as to why some birds appeared out of nowhere in the spring only to disappear again during winter, and when it came to explaining why, their common sense flew south. Aristotle figured that certain birds didn’t leave at all, they just changed from one type to another. And a medieval scholar said geese began life as barnacles, while another claimed they blossomed from trees every sprin...
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[MUSIC] In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard hit the first birdie on the moon. Not literally, of course. There’s no actual birds up there. But that’s not what Charles Morton thought. In 1703 he published a pamphlet claiming that the reason some birds disappeared during winter was because they were vacationing on the moon. Really puts the “loon” in lunar… [MUSIC] Throughout history, people were at a loss as to why some birds appeared out of nowhere in the spring only to disappear again during winter, and when it came to explaining why, their common sense flew south. Aristotle figured that certain birds didn’t leave at all, they just changed from one type to another. And a medieval scholar said geese began life as barnacles, while another claimed they blossomed from trees every sprin...
