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ABC Reviews: Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were Michael Page and Robert Ingpen The Encylopedia of Things That Never Were (EoTTNW for short) is one of the big books of creature reference. And by big I mean...
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C. megalodon is a monster right? I still think this is the best illustration ever made in a scientific paper. I had delusions of being a paleontologist once y’see
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Halloween Spooktacular – The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
Hello kiddies! Hehehehe…. Inasmuch as Halloween is coming up, I figured I’d step way, way out of my comfort zone and cover some ghosts, spectres, revenants, and other animated unliving undead things....
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Halloween Spooktacular – The Fiend at 7, Rue de M-
The Affair at 7, Rue de M- is a short story written by one John Steinbeck. You may have heard of him. It details the chilling encounter of the author and his son with a “gray tumorous lump”, a soulless...
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Everyone loves a good monster for Halloween. How about the cute duck leech or nose leech, Theromyzon? Lookit the little eyes!...
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ABC Image Miniquiz!
What do you think this creature is? Yes, it’s a real animal that got lost in translation. From Ulyssis Aldrovandi’s Natural History.
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ABC Image Miniquiz – The Solution!
How did you do? Did you guess correctly? There were some great prognostications for this weird sea serpenty thing, with the thing coming out of its head identified as a blowhole spouting water or an...
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The ABCs of ABC – A
A is for… Abada According to Olfert Dapper, the African unicorn called the Abada has two horns – one on its forehead, and one on its nape. Maybe he was really confused about where a rhino’s eyes are?
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The ABCs of ABC – B
B is for… Bøjg Peer Gynt runs into the Great Bøjg of Etnedal during his adventures. It is huge, shapeless, slimy, slippery, and misty; it impedes Peer’s movements no matter where he turns. Running into...
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You will never be as pretty – or have as pretty a name – as the radiolarian Gorgonetta mirabilis, the “amazing little gorgon”. Image from HMS Challenger’s report on radiolaria, found on Wikimedia.
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Obscure Modern Monsters: The Lobsterpocalypse
Reallllly stretching the definition of “modern” here, but I wanted to bring this up in some form anyway. Back in the grim darkness of July 1900, Pearson’s Magazine ran an article by Herbert C. Fyfe and...
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The ABCs of ABC – C
C is for… Chang Nam The minuscule Chang Nam – “water elephant” – of Thailand is a feared and deadly creature. Despite being the size of mouse, this poisonous pint-sized pachyderm can kill merely by...
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