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Cryptozoology (from Greek: "knowledge"
or "study" – c.f. zoology) is the search for animals
hypothesized to exist, but for which conclusive proof is missing.
The field also includes the search for known animals believed to
be extinct.
People who study or search for such
animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures
involved are sometimes called "cryptids", a term coined
by John Wall in 1983. There are several animals cited as examples
for continuing cryptozoological efforts:
The Coelacanth, a "living fossil"
which represents an order of fish believed to have been extinct
for 65 million years, was identified from a specimen found in a
fishing net in 1938 off the coast of South Africa. (The coelacanth
was well known to Comoros fishermen as the Gombessa, but unknown
to scientists).
Coelacanths first appear in the fossil
record in the Middle Devonian, about 410 million years ago.Prehistoric
species of coelacanth lived in many bodies of water in Late Paleozoic
and Mesozoic times.
The average weight of the living west Indian Ocean
coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, is 176 pounds (80kg) and they can
reach up to 6.5 feet (2m) in length. Adult females are slightly
larger than males. Based on growth rings in their ear bones (otoliths)
scientists infer that individual coelacanths may live as long as
80 to 100 years. Coelacanths live as deep as 700m (2300ft) below
sea level, but are more usually found at depths of 90 to 200m. Living
examples of Latimeria chalumnae have a deep blue color which probably
camouflages them from prey species, however the Indonesian species
is brown. Latimeria chalumnae is widely but very sparsely distributed
around the rim of the west Indian Ocean, seemingly occurring in
small colonies. Coelacanth eyes are very sensitive, and have a tapetum
lucidum. Coelacanths are almost never caught in the daytime or on
nights with full moons, due to the sensitivity of their eyes. Coelacanth
eyes also have many rods: tiny structures that help animals see
in dim light. Together, the rods and tapetum help the fish see better
in dark water.
Coelacanths are the only living species known to have
a functional intracranial joint, which almost completely separates
the front and back halves of the skull internally. Flexure at this
joint may aid in the consumption of large prey by the use of suction.
Coelacanths are also mucilaginous; their scales release mucus and
their bodies continually exude oil. This oil is a laxative, and
makes the fish virtually inedible unless dried and salted. Although
most fish have smooth scales, only the lower half of the coelacanth's
scales are smooth. Toothlike spines called denticles cover the upper
half of each scale, making it rough and scratchy. The smooth lower
half of each scale is protected by the denticles of the two scales
that overlap it. These rough, layered scales provide armorlike protection
against predators and the rough edges of rocks. The rough scales
are used by the natives of Comoros as sandpaper. Females give birth
to between 5 and 25 young, which are capable of surviving on their
own immediately after birth. Coelacanths are ovoviviparous. Coelacanths
give birth to live young called pups. Their reproductive behaviors
are not well known, but it is believed that they are not sexually
mature until after 20 years of age. Gestation time is 13 months.
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MEGAMOUTH
SHARK
There was a 1976 discovery of the previously
unknown megamouth shark, discovered off Oahu, Hawaii, when
it became entangled in a ship's anchor. Some have cautioned
against applying the "megamouth analogy" too broadly
to hypothetical creatures, noting that while "the megamouth
does show that the oceans have a lot of secrets left to reveal
... the Megamouth is a deepwater fish, easily hidden in the
world's oceans, and not comparable with other creatures reported,
such as surviving marine reptiles. While the Megamouth is
not a useful analogy to support the existence of marine 'cryptids'
in general, it does demonstrate the resistance of science
to identify new large species of marine animals without a
corpse. Sightings of Megamouths now number approximately one
a year. Before the discovery, one could argue this consistent
sighting record was also present, but that the sightings were
ignored or discredited as of some other animal." |
The 2003 discovery of the remains of Homo floresiensis, a descendent
of Homo erectus, took the anthropological community completely by
surprise. Legends of a strikingly similar creature, called Ebu Gogo
by the natives of Flores, persisted as late as the nineteenth century,
but it was not until 2003 before the fossil remains of this species
were actually found. In addition, human folklore is full of references
to small forest people, called dwarves, elves, fairies, gnomes,
leprechauns or menehune.
GIANT SQUID
Giant squid, once believed to be
mythical creatures, are squid of the Architeuthidae family, represented
by as many as eight species of the genus Architeuthis. They are
deep-ocean dwelling animals that can grow to a tremendous size:
recent estimates put the maximum size at 13 m (43 ft) for females
and 10 m (33 ft) for males from caudal fin to the tip of the two
long tentacles (second only to the colossal squid at an estimated
14 m (46 ft), one of the largest living organisms). The mantle is
only about 2 m (7 ft) in length (more for females, less for males),
and the length of the squid excluding its tentacles is about 5 m
(16 ft). There have been claims reported of specimens of up to 20
m (66 ft), but no animals of such size have been scientifically
documented.

The "nearly perfect specimen"
that was beached alive in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, on September
24, 1877. This specimen measured 39.5 ft in total length, close
to the maximum known size of giant squid.
On September 30, 2004, researchers from the National
Science Museum of Japan and the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association
took the first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat.
Several of the 556 photographs were released a year later. The same
team successfully filmed a live giant squid for the first time on
December 4, 2006.
| A |
Other names |
Status |
Description |
Location |
| Acinonyx jubatus
guttatus |
Woolly Cheetah |
Genetic Disorder |
Carnivorous Mammal |
Africa |
| Ahool |
|
|
Bat |
Indonesia |
| Akaka-wakka |
Marshall,TX Chicken Killer, Kakawag, Red Eyed Sloth, |
|
Bipedal Reptile |
Marshall,Texas, Shreveport, Louisiana
|
| Akkorokamui |
|
|
Fish |
Japan |
| Almas |
Abnauayu, Almosty, Albasty, Bekk-Bok,
Biabin-Guli, Golub-Yavan, Gul-Biavan, Guli-Avan, Kaptar, Kra-Dhun,
Ksy-Giik, Ksy-Gyik, Ochokochi, Mirygdy, Mulen, Voita, Wind-Man |
|
Primate |
Asia/Caucasus |
| Altamaha-ha |
|
|
River Animal |
United States, Georgia |
| Ameranthropoides
loysi |
de Loys's Ape |
|
Primate |
South America |
| Andean Wolf |
Hagenbeck Wolf, Andean Mountain Wolf, Dasycyon
hagenbecki |
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
High Andes |
| B |
|
|
|
|
| Barmanou |
|
|
Primate |
Middle East/Asia |
| Basilisk |
|
Discredited |
Bird-Reptile Hybrid |
Western Europe/ Basel, Switzerland/ Warsaw,
Poland |
| Batutut |
|
|
Primate |
East Asia |
| Bayou St. John Monster |
Bayou Monster, Johnny, City Park Moster |
Local Legend? |
Gator( Giant ), turtle or Snake |
United States , New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Bear Lake Monster |
|
Discredited |
Lake Animal |
United States, Idaho/Utah |
| The Beast of Bodmin |
|
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
United Kingdom |
| The Beast of Bray Road |
|
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Wisconsin, United States |
| Beast of Busco |
Churubusco Turtle |
|
Reptile/Dinosaur |
United States |
| The Beast of Exmoor |
|
Possibly large wild cat |
Carnivorous Mammal |
England |
| The Beast of Gévaudan |
|
Possibly large wolf |
Carnivorous Mammal |
France |
| Bergman's Bear |
God Bear |
Extinct |
Carnivorous Mammal |
Asia |
| Bessie |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Lake Erie, North America |
| Bigfoot |
Sasquatch |
|
Primate |
North America |
| Bili
Ape |
Bondo Mystery Ape |
Abnormal population of Pan troglodytes;
possible new subspecies |
Primate |
Democratic
Republic of Congo |
| British Big Cats |
Alien Big Cats or ABCs, Phantom Cats |
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Great Britain |
| Boog |
|
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Marion, North Carolina |
| Brosno Dragon |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Lake Brosno, Russia |
| Bunyip |
|
|
Lake or Cave Animal |
Australia |
| Buru |
|
Presumed Extinct |
Reptile/Dinosaur |
India |
| F |
|
|
|
|
| Fear liath |
|
|
Primate |
Scotland |
| Flatwoods Monster |
Green Monster |
|
? |
United States, West Virginia |
| Flish |
|
|
Fish |
World's Ocean |
| Flying Rod |
Sky Fish |
Discredited |
Flying Creature |
Worldwide |
| Fouke Monster |
|
|
Primate |
United States, Arkansas |
| Fru - Fru Monster |
Frew- Frew, Silck Head, Slowfoot, Caddo
Lake Monster, Marshall - Texas Booge a boo Monster, Booboo
Woowoo
|
|
Humanoid - Primate? |
Marshall, TX, Longview |
| Fur-bearing Trout |
|
Discredited |
Fish |
North America |
| G |
|
|
|
|
| Gambo |
|
Probably dolphin or beaked whale |
Sea Animal |
Africa |
| Genie |
|
|
Humanoid |
Island |
| Giant Anaconda |
|
Observer exaggeration of size |
Reptile/Dinosaur |
South America |
| Giant Penguin |
|
Discredited/Extinct |
Bird |
Florida (USA), New Zealand |
| Giglioli's whale |
|
|
Sea Animal |
Off Chile, Scotland and France (Mediterranean) |
| Gin-Sung |
Bear-Men, Kung-Lu, Tok |
|
Primate |
China |
| Globster |
|
|
Sea Animal |
|
| Goatman |
|
urban legend? |
Bipedal |
United States |
| Gorgon |
|
Mythical? |
Reptilian Humanoid |
Greece |
| Gremlin |
|
|
Humanoid |
Worldwide |
| Grunch |
Black Grunch, Grunch Road monster, goatman,
Lil' Benny |
|
Bipedal |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Griffin |
|
Mythical |
Hybrid |
Worldwide |
| H |
|
|
|
|
| Harpy |
|
Mythical |
Humanoid |
World |
| Hellhounds |
|
Mythical |
Carnivorous Mammal |
|
| Hibagon |
|
Local legend |
Primate |
Japan |
| High-finned
sperm whale |
|
|
Cetacean |
Shetland Islands |
| Hodag |
The Dag |
Discredited |
Carnivorous Mammal/Lizard |
United States, Wisconsin |
| Homey Island Swamp
Monster |
The Real Swamp Thing, The Covington Ape,
The Mandeville Monkey Man, The Slidell slick Man, Bayou Bigfoot,
|
Local Legend |
Humanoid |
United States, Louisiana, Honey Iland Covington,
Mandeville, Slidell, St. Tamanny Parish |
| Hoop Snake |
|
Discredited |
Reptile/Dinosaur |
United States/Australia |
| Hopkinsville
Goblin |
|
|
Humanoid |
Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
| Humanzee |
Chuman |
Hypothetical |
Primate |
|
| Hyote |
|
Discredited |
|
United States, Maryland |
| K |
|
|
|
|
| Kappa |
|
|
Bipedal |
Japan |
| Kasai Rex |
|
Discredited |
Reptile/Dinosaur |
Africa |
| Kikomba |
|
|
Primate |
Africa |
| Kikiyaon |
|
|
Carnivore Bird |
Africa |
| Kingstie |
|
Discredited |
Lake Animal |
North America, Lake Ontario |
| Kongamato |
|
|
Pterosaur/Bird/Bat |
Kenya |
| Kraken |
Giant Squid, Colossal Squid, Leviathain |
Giant squid confirmed (but much smaller
in size than Kraken) |
Sea Animal |
World's Oceans |
| Kting Voar |
Snake-eating Cow |
Questionable but likely |
Herbivorous Mammal |
Cambodia |
| Kusshii |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Japan |
| Name |
|
|
|
|
| Lake Tianchi Monster |
|
Uncomfirmed. Anectdotal evidence. |
Lake Animal |
China |
| Lake Van Monster |
Monster of Lake Van |
First reported in 1995. Controversial evidence
for existence. |
Lake Animal |
Turkey |
| Lake Worth monster |
|
Unconfirmed. Last reported in 1970. |
Carnivorous Mammal |
United States, Texas |
| Lariosauro |
Lariosauro, Como Lake monster |
|
Water reptile |
Italy |
| Leviathan |
|
Legend? |
Giant Seabeast/fish |
World |
| Lindworm |
|
Discredited |
|
Europe |
| Lizard
Man of Scape Ore Swamp |
|
|
Bipedal |
United States, South Carolina |
| Lizard Men |
Draconian, Reptoid, Dinosauroid |
Existence disputed |
Bipedal |
Worldwide |
| Loch Ness Monster |
Nessie |
|
Lake Monster |
Scotland |
| Long Horse |
|
Hoax |
Similar to a normal horse, only several
times the normal length. |
North America/Europe |
| Loveland Frog |
Froggy thing, Killer ribbit, King Toadman, |
|
Bipedal |
United States, Ohio |
| Lusca |
|
|
Sea Animal |
World's Oceans |
| M |
|
|
|
|
| MacFarlane's Bear |
|
Extinct |
Carnivorous Mammal |
Canada |
| Maltese Tiger |
Blue Tiger |
Abnormal coloration due to mutation |
Carnivorous Mammal |
China |
| Mamlambo |
|
|
Lake Animal |
South Africa |
| Mande Burung |
|
|
Primate |
Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh India |
| Manipogo |
Winnipogo |
|
Lake Animal |
Lake Winnipeg, Canada |
| Mapinguari |
|
Remnant of Megatherium |
Herbivorous Mammal |
Amazon Rainforest |
| Maricoxi |
|
|
Primate |
South America |
| Marozi |
|
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Africa |
| Marsupial Lion |
Thylaceo, Thylaceo carnifex |
Confirmed. Extinct |
Carnivorous Mammal |
Australia |
| Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu |
|
|
Reptile/Dinosaur |
Africa |
| Mecheny |
|
|
Primate |
Asia |
| Megalodon |
|
Presumed Extinct |
Giant Great White Shark |
World's Oceans |
| Megalania prisca |
Giant Australian Monitor Lizard |
Extinct |
Reptile/Dinosaur |
Australia |
| Menehune |
|
|
Primate |
United States, Hawaii |
| Merfolk |
Merman, Mermaid, Merpeople |
Mythical? |
Sea Humanoid |
World's Oceans |
| Minhocão |
|
Exaggeration of existing animal |
Caecilian |
South America |
| Minnesota Iceman |
|
Discredited |
Primate |
United States, Minnesota |
| Mngwa |
|
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Africa |
| Moehau |
|
Mythical |
Primate |
New Zealand |
| Mokele Mbembe |
|
|
Reptile/Dinosaur |
Congo |
| MoMo |
|
Discredited most likely a hoax |
Primate |
United States, Missouri |
| Mongolian Deathworm |
Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi |
|
Worm-like animal |
Gobi Desert |
| Mono Grande |
|
|
Hominid |
South America |
| Morag |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Scotland |
| Mothman |
|
|
Bipedal, winged |
United States, West Virginia |
| Muckie |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Lakes of Killarney, Ireland. |
| Muc-sheilch |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Scotland |
| Mande Burung |
Jungle Man |
|
Prinate |
Bangladesh |
| Mussie |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Canada |
| N |
|
|
|
|
| Nahuelito |
|
Uncomfirmed |
Lake Animal |
Argentina |
| Night Parrot |
Pezoporus occidentalis |
Confirmed. |
Parrot |
Australia |
| Nandi Bear |
Chemosit[4],
Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit,
Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre |
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Africa |
| Neo-Giant |
|
|
Primate |
|
| Ngoubou |
|
Unconfirmed |
Reptile/Dinosaur |
Africa |
| Nguoi Rung |
|
|
Primate |
Vietnam |
| Nords |
Nordics, Pleideans, Hydean, Wingmaker,
Venusian, Telosian |
|
Primate/E.T. Alien |
|
| Nyalmo |
|
|
Primate |
Asia |
| P -Q |
|
|
|
|
| Pterosaur |
|
Presumed Extinct/Mythical? |
prehistoric-looking creature |
Papua, New Guinea |
| Phantom cats |
|
Mythical |
Carnivorous Mammal |
|
| Phantom kangaroo |
|
Presumed Extinct/Mythical? |
Marsupials |
Various |
| Phaya Naga |
|
|
Lake Animal |
Laos |
| Piasa |
|
|
Bird? |
United States, Illinois |
| Ponch |
Ponchartrain Lake Monster, Shark
Man, Ponchie |
Local Legend |
Lake Animal |
United States, Lousiana |
| Pope Lick Monster |
|
Local legend |
Bipedal |
United States, Kentucky |
| Popobawa |
|
Mythical |
Bipedal |
Zanzibar, Tanzania |
| Queensland Tiger |
|
Unconfirmed |
Carnivorous Mammal |
Australia |
| R |
|
|
|
|
| Red Headband |
|
Mythical |
Bipedal |
Comoros, Africa |
| Road Troll |
|
|
Humanoid |
United States |
| Roc |
|
Mythical |
Bird |
World |
| Ropen |
|
Presumed Extinct/Mythical? |
pterosaur |
Australia, New Guinea |
| Row |
|
Hoax |
Reptile |
New Guinea |
| U - V |
|
|
|
|
| Unicorn |
|
Mythical? |
Herbivorous Mammal |
World |
| Vampire |
|
Mythical |
Humanoid |
World |
| Veo |
|
|
Carnivorous Mammal |
Indonesia |
| Y |
|
|
|
|
| Yeren |
|
|
Primate |
China |
| Yeti |
Abominable Snowman |
|
Primate |
Asia (Himalayas) |
| Yowie |
|
|
Primate |
Australia |
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