But wait...here are more curiosities courtesy of Gould...
-- Another curious fact associated with pregnancy is the apparent influence of the emotions of the mother on the child in utero...
Parvin also pictures the ``turtle-man,'' an individual with deformed extremities, who might be classed as an ectromelus, perhaps as a phocomelus, or seal-like monster. According to the story, when the mother was a few weeks pregnant her husband, a coarse, rough fisherman, fond of rude jokes, put a large live turtle in the cupboard. In the twilight the wife went to the cupboard and the huge turtle fell out, greatly startling her by its hideous appearance as it fell suddenly to the floor and began to move vigorously.
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