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And the solution to the previous quiz? It’s a beaver. It is described as living in rivers, both on land and in the water, and building houses with multiple chambers and exits. Never underestimate the...
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The ABCs of ABC – X
X is for… Xiao The name Xiao is used for two creatures in the Guideways, an ape and a bird, both of which are noisy. The Xiao or Raucous-bird has four wings, one eye, a dog’s tail, and caws like a...
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The ABCs of ABC – Y
Y is for… Ya-te-veo The Ya-te-veo (literally “I see you”) is, as far as anyone knows, only described by Buel in his book Sea and Land. Since it’s found in both Africa and South America, it’s either a...
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The ABCs of ABC – Z
Z is for… Zoureg The Zoureg is a mysterious Arabian snake. Despite being only a foot long, nothing can stop it once it starts moving. Trees, rocks, human beings – the zoureg goes through them like a...
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Cats are among those things I just can’t draw convincingly. Them and dogs. And horses. And people. Okay, I can draw things convincingly as long as they aren’t realistic. Anyway! This is the dreaded...
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The dreaded Tailypo, while endowed with a delicious and highly nutritious tail, is also extremely possessive of its caudal appendage.
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Obscure Modern Monsters – The Super-Moby Dick of Space
I can’t possibly do justice to this marvel. From the pages of the (excellent) Legion of Super Heroes, it’s a not-veiled-at-all retelling of Herman Melville’s book, and it’s the Super-Moby Dick of...
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Gustave Doré’s The Monkey and the Dolphin, from back when dolphins were pretty much mythical beasts. In this case, it’s less a dolphin and more a genetically discombobulated piscoPekingese. The...
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A friend. From Rasmussen, K (1929) Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos.
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There’s something incredibly unsettling about Gustave Doré’s Bluebeard. Those eyes…
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“Birth of a Salesman”, Kelly Freas illustration for the eponymous J. Tiptree Jr. short.
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Visit scenic India! See the elephants, rhinos, and crocodiles! From Le Livre des Merveilles.
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Visit lovely Bohemia! Get scalded by a beast with a bladder on its neck! From Le Livre des Merveilles.
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The ABC 2018 Wrap-Up
Welcome to the ABC 2018 Wrap-Up, the part of the blog where I talk about the state of ABC and what this means for me, for you, and for the rest of the known universe. This has been a strange, messed-up...
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My new year’s resolution for 2019: go back to producing the quality creature content you know and love.
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Abaia
There is a lake in British New Guinea. It is deep and full of fish, and Abaia, the magic eel, dwells at the bottom. Abaia does not like to be disturbed. Like many snakes and eels in Melanesian...
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