Rostock

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Image of Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock located in Rostock, Germany | Proof that birds migrate over Africa.
Rostock, Germany

Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate

Until the 19th century, the sudden annual disappearance of white storks each fall had been a profound mystery to European bird-watchers. Aristotle thought the storks went into hibernation with the... »

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