“In Basel, as late as the 15th century,a cock was solemnly tried for witchcraft after laying an egg.The defence admitted the offence,but pointed out that the laying of the egg was unpremeditated and involuntary and,in fact, violated no law. But the pro-
secution asserted that the cock had been entered by the devil.They secured a conviction : and the cock and its egg were solemnly burnt at the stake Post-mortem examination showed that it contained no fewer than three more unlaid cock’s eggs.The partial change from male to female probably occurs no more frequently in birds than in other groups.
A hen that crows,
A priest that dances,
A woman that speaks Latin,
Never come to a beautiful end ”
Page645,Textbook of zoology- vol 2 by T.Jeffery Parker
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