Potato Platypus
On Finding that the potatoes (in the first two cases we'll say vegetables since potatoes weren't introduced into Europe until the Modern Era) Boiling in a Pot Have Formed Themselves Into an Hour- Glass Shape: The Ancient Family Says: "It is the god of the pot, we must spill a little out to honour him" and goes back to cooking.... The Medieval Family Says: "It is the devil, we must throw salt in the pot to scare him" and goes back to cooking... The Modern Family Says: "There must be a scientific explanation for this" and goes back to cooking...