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One of the embroidered designs of Mary, Queen of Scots was a "Water Owle", a fish with a seemingly human face. What kind of creature was this believed to be? Was it supernatural, or just believed to be a normal yet strange looking fish?

by /u/ThesaurusRex84 in /r/AskHistorians

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