Cryptozoology, anyone?

[wraith1701]

Cryptozoology: The study of and search for animals which fall outside of contemporary zoological catalogs. It consists of two primary fields of research:

    * The search for living examples of animals taxonomically identified through fossil records, but which are believed to be extinct.
    * The search for animals that fall outside of taxonomic records due to a lack of empirical evidence, but for which anecdotal evidence exists in the form of myths, legends, or undocumented sightings.

A couple of examples popped up in the e-news this past week-

The Montauk Monster?



This thing was allegedly found washed up on a beach on Long Island.  What is it?  Photoshop job?  Genetic mutation?

[Meds]

Interesting. The bloatedness would be of something that has been in the water for a while. Wouldn't want to come up against that in the dark

[Geekyfanboy]

News is saying it may be a shell-less turtle.

[Blackride]

News is saying it may be a shell-less turtle.

The beak sure looks like a turtle. This reminds me of the "Dragon" baby they found in UK a few years ago. People all were excited about it but eventually it was a hoax.

[Meds]

Yeah dragon baby that was fun.... erm...

[Trekkygeek]

The shell-less turtle looks like a favourite to me. Imagine finding that on the beach... eurrggghhhh!

[wraith1701]

Check this out.  Looks like a monkey got loose in the pig pen...



Story- http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2941186.html

[wraith1701]

I pride myself on not being afraid of spiders; heck; I've kept them as pets.  But a spider that can trap and eat a bird?!?  No thanks!  :o



Spider eats bird

Thursday, October 23, 2008

© The Cairns Post



THESE amazing images of a mammoth spider devouring a bird were taken in the backyard of an Atherton property, west of Cairns.

And the images, which are being cirulated via email worldwide, are real, according to wildlife experts.

The photos, believed to have been taken earlier this week, show the spider clenching its legs around a lifeless bird trapped in a web.

Joel Shakespeare, the head spider keeper at NSW's Australian Reptile Park, told ninemsn that the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver.

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/10/23/11601_local-news.html

[Jen]

Okay...thanks... now I'm going to have nightmares. ???

[wraith1701]

Oops; sorry Jen.  But it is the "spooky" season, after all!  ;)

[Meds]

Wow, natures way of reminding us that little things are often the most dangerous.

[wraith1701]

Shell oil company caught some video footage of a weird squid with 'elbows' on its tentacles.  Check it out-