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MY REVIEW OF: WHERE THE LION TROD, BY C.H. KEELING
The Bartlett Society's republished edition of Clinton Keeling's book Where the Lion Trod (photograph © The Bartlett Society – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for...
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CYNOCEPHALI AND OTHER DOG-HEADED DENIZENS OF LEGEND AND LORE
A cynocephalus, as depicted on p. 22 of Monstrorum Historia (1642), written by Italian naturalist Ulisse Androvandi (public domain)In medieval times, scholars firmly believed in the reality of all...
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MONSTERS, MINI-REVIEWS, AND MORE! WELCOMING 'SHUKER IN MOVIELAND', MY NEWEST...
The banner from my newest blog, Shuker In MovieLand (© Dr Karl Shuker)On this spinning speck of cosmic dust that we call Planet Earth, if I'm known for anything it's probably as a zoologist, media...
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THIS CRYPTID WORLD: A GLOBAL SURVEY OF UNDISCOVERED BEASTS - BOOK #31 IS NOW...
This Cryptid World: A Global Survey of Undiscovered Beasts(© Dr Karl Shuker/Brian Rau/Herb Lester Associates)I'm very happy to announce that This Cryptid World, my 31st book, is now published, and I'm...
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A TRIO OF MEDITERRANEAN MYSTERY SNAKES
A horned viper – the identity of Tunisia's tantalizing taguerga? (public domain)Many mystery serpents have been reported from remote, little-explored, inaccessible and/or inhospitable regions of the...
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SCRUTINIZING THE SHOEBILL – THE BIRD WORLD'S INCREDIBLE WHALE-HEADED KING
A close-up of a taxiderm shoebill's head, highlighting its extraordinary beak (left) and a vintage portrayal of a shoebill first published in 1901 (right) (© Dr Karl Shuker / public domain)One of the...
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HEEDING THE HAMMERHEAD – AFRICA'S STORM-INVOKING LIGHTNING BIRD
The mysterious hammerhead – a meteorological mage? (© Charles J. Sharp/Wikipedia – CC BY SA 4.0 licence) In my previous ShukerNature article (click hereto access it), I reviewed the remarkable history...
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WHEN IS A CRYPTID NOT A CRYPTID? WHEN IT'S THE MEGAMOUTH SHARK…MAYBE?
Photograph of the very first megamouth shark specimen to come to the attention of scientists, or anyone else for that matter, and revealing very readily why this remarkable species received its...
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DIGGING UP A BURROWING CAT
A sand cat (TimVickers/Wikipedia – public domain)I am greatly indebted to English cryptozoological researcher Richard Muirhead for bringing to my attention an extremely curious report published on 26...
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FOXED BY THE TALE OF A FOX WITH TWO TAILS!
Johann E. Ridinger's exquisite engraving of what Germany's two-tailed fox from 1734 may have looked like in life, and which I have lightly tinted here for purely aesthetic reasons (public domain)During...
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REVIEWING 'THE DARK' (AKA 'THE RELIC' AKA 'THE GOD RAT')
Three different video/DVD covers for The Dark– the centre picture is on the cover of the DVD version that I own (© Craig Pryce/Lightshow Communications – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial...
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MOON CARROT MUSINGS AND MEMORIES - BUT NOT FORGETTING MOON-CALVES, MANDRAKES,...
Hardback first edition of The Talking Parcel(© Gerald Durrell/HarperCollins – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for educational/review purposes only)Moon carrots may not seem...
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DRAKE AND THE DRAGON - ON THE TRACK OF NEW GUINEA'S AWE-INSPIRING ARTRELLIA
Is New Guinea home to gigantic monitor lizards? (© Dr Karl Shuker)The surname 'Drake' is derived from 'dragon'. Consequently, it is nothing if not appropriate that revealing a real-life dragon was one...
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A MISSING LINK DOUBLE-BILL - SAME TITLE, TWO VERY DIFFERENT...
Publicity poster for Missing Link (1988) and front cover of official DVD for Missing Link (2019) (© David and Carol Hughes/Universal Pictures; (© Chris Butler/Annapurna Pictures/Laika/Universal...
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BOOK SOME TIME WITH MY NEW BLOG, 'SHUKER'S LITERARY LIKINGS' - A BLOG FOR...
Shuker's Literary Likings (public domain)As an incorrigible bibliophile, I've always been an avid reader of both non-fiction and fiction, the latter genre being the subject of this newest blog of mine...
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EXPOSING A TRULY BATTY EXAMPLE OF A FAKE THUNDERBIRD PHOTOGRAPH
The fake thunderbird photograph exposed in this present ShukerNature article (photo-manipulator(s) unknown to me – reproduced here on a strictly non-commercial Fair Use basis for educational/review...
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WHEN I INTERVIEWED MARK CHORVINSKY - REMEMBERING A MUCH-MISSED FORTEAN AND...
Mark Chorvinsky (© Mark Chorvinsky – photograph specifically made available to me by Mark for inclusion in this interview)During the early years of my cryptozoological research and writing career, one...
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HERE'S 'MYSTERY CATS OF THE WORLD REVISITED' - AFTER 31 YEARS, MY VERY FIRST...
Mystery Cats of the World Revisited (© Dr Karl Shuker/Anomalist Books/William M. Rebsamen (cover artwork))Published in 1989, Mystery Cats of the Worldwas my very first book, but it swiftly became a...
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OVER TO THE ORANG KARDIL – SUMATRA'S 'OTHER' ORANG PENDEK?
Alongside a life-sized representation of the orang pendek created for the CFZ (© Dr Karl Shuker / CFZ)Once upon a long ago in the wonderful world of cryptozoology, only a single type of diminutive...
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THE DOBHAR-CHÚ - TRAILING IRELAND'S MYSTERIOUS MASTER OTTER. Part 1: GLENADE...
Dobhar-chú carved upon Grace Connolly's tombstone (© Daev Walsh)At no more than 39 in long in total length, the Asian small-clawed otter Aonyx (=Amblyonx) cinereus is the world's smallest species of...
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