Assertion: barnacle goose | /r/CapableOf | begin their lives
Facets:
value: thanks to a tree
type: CAUSE
value: like all crustaceans
type: OTHER
value: as microscopic plankton
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Like all crustaceans, barnacles begin their lives as microscopic plankton.
text: Gerard reports, in detail, the old belief that the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) began its life thanks to a tree rather than an egg, and while reporting a folklore does not necessarily prove belief in it, Gerard claims to have viable witnesses to the tradition’s veracity.