GREAT TRIPLETS PUZZLE.
RARE EVENT JN CANADA Scientists from all parts of Canada and the United States have been watching with the keenest interest the growth of two sets of " identical triplets " at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Identical triplets are as rare as Siamese twins, but by a curious chance Alberta has produced two sets. These " identicals " are all boys. One set, born to a family of German origin living at Stony Plain, are now nearly twelve years of age. In intelligence tests the three boys have registered uniformly the same results. They enjoy the same games and sports, and in school all are poor at languages and good at arithmetic. The other set of Alberta triplets are much younger—three years of age—and have therefore given less opportunity for the study of their - These vounger " identicals are aa left-handed, were backward in walking and all suffered simultaneously from the arrival of teeth. Their food likes and dislikes are the sam#.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21030, 14 November 1931, Page 3 (Supplement)
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