Andy forgot about the octopus that Rafinesque described and then ate for
supper that evening!  Specimens never existed, of course, of the imaginary
shells (e.g., trivalved mollusk) and fish that Audubon told him about and
which he proceeded to uncritically describe as new!

dick p.

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