First Flight (Prose): Mijbil the Otter · Class 10 · CBSE English
Why did the people of London struggle to identify Mijbil correctly, and what bizarre guesses did they make?
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Why did the people of London struggle to identify Mijbil correctly, and what bizarre guesses did they make?
Answer: Otters are not native or commonly seen animals in London, so ordinary citizens had no frame of reference for them. People made wildly imaginative guesses, suggesting Mijbil could be a baby seal, a squirrel, a walrus, a beaver, a hippo, or even a brontosaur.
Solution
Because otters are rare in London, locals lacked knowledge of the species, leading to comical and absurd guesses ranging from marine mammals to prehistoric reptiles.
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