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What animal was thought to be the fruit of a legendary zoophyte native to the Tartary region of Central Asia (roughly around the 14th century)? In other words, it was believed these animals were connected to the plant by an umbilical cord and grazed the land around the plant. When all accessible foliage was gone, both the plant and animal died. Amazingly, it took nearly four centuries for the legend to be satisfactorily debunked.

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