This is an illustration of different species of endemic mouse lemurs (Microcebus) occurring in the western half of Madagascar. Microcebus are the world’s smallest living primates and some species are limited to small geographic areas, which is known as micro-endemism. (Illustration by Peggy Macnamara, Courtesy of The Field Museum) New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar Sonja von Brethorst, Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover Number of known mouse lemur species increases to 16 Hannover, 14th July 2008 The working group of University Senior Lecturer Dr. Ute Radespiel from the Institute of Zoology of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, [...]
Maned Lion Spotted in Colorado
“Lion” photo courtesy of Sharon Harding-Shaw. Colorado, July 14, 2008. For comparison, I’ve added this photo of a lion demonstrating the tail up appearance. The Associated Press is reporting, today, July 14, 2008, that a large maned felid has been sighted in El Paso County, Colorado, in the Falcon Hwy. and Log Rd. area, near Colorado Springs. “An African Lion has been spotted. Two people reported seeing the lion, including one who captured a photo of the lion chasing dogs,” reads the first bulletin. Sheriff’s Lieutenant Lari Sevene says the lion was reported at about 8:00 am this morning in [...]
Does Mokele-Mbembe Have A Trunk?
William Munns and his reconstruction of Gigantopithecus. The famed recreator of Gigantopithecus, artist Bill Munns has opened a new window into his world and what we find inside is filled with wonders to behold. Bigfoot. Mokele-Mbembe. Saber-toothed Cats. A cryptozoo, indeed. Munns has shared with me his news that he has uploaded and opened his Bill Munns Creature Gallery. His continuingly upgraded site, Bill Munns Creature Gallery, represents 35 years of his work in varied fields of movie makeup effects, museum exhibit models, theme park robotics, and paleontology studies that have also included visualizations of prehistoric wildlife. As he points [...]
Sea Monster Week
Darren Naish, over at Tetrapod Zoology, just rolled through five days, last week, of sea monster photographs and remarks about the mostly fake, false, or misleading images. Let’s take a look. First up was the March 1965 photograph (below) from Robert Le Serrec of a huge, tadpole-like creature encountered in Stonehaven Bay, Hook Island, Queensland, Australia. The case has been rather universally labeled a hoax. I mentioned in my field guide that Interpol was even after the guy. Naish does gather together all the “other photos” linked with this episode, and that’s a rather interesting angle ignored by most. Naish [...]
Major Sasquatch Art
Kalama residents Jacob Posey, 9, bottom, and his sister Emily, 11, work on artist Brian Major’s paint-by-number mural of Sasquatch at the Longview Saturday Market. Miranda Schneider, 10, of Hillsboro, Oregon, at the top right, colors the sun. Credit: Greg Ebersole / The Daily News Read more about artist Brian Major‘s sidewalk Sasquatch art here. Major has kindly shared more photos from this event with us: Click on image for larger version Click on image for larger version Click on image for larger version Click on image for larger version Click on image for larger version Click on image for [...]
Mt. Hood Bigfoot Reference Photos
In a previous posting, here, the possibility of a new Bigfoot photo for 2008 was noted. This is an update. The photograph was taken on Friday, June 27, 2008, at 2:05 p.m. Pacific time. It was shared openly by Dianna Martin for the critical assessment of Cryptomundo readers. I am glad to say that over 80 of you had your say. Here it is again: Click on image to view larger sized original photo (1.26 MB download). The request was made to go back and take some reference photos to establish if anything different could be seen compared to the [...]
Cryptozoology Talks Near You
Today may be my birthday ~ and many thanks to those who are making it a great day to contribute to the Save The Museum effort ~ however, I’m not resting idlely by without fighting to keep the International Cryptozoology Museum open by every means necessary, for example, through making various appearances in support of this effort too, where ever I may. No one likes to become extinct! Besides the Alberta Royal Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, July 20, 2008, illustrated lecture on “Dragons and Cryptozoology,” which you have been hearing a good deal about here lately, there shall also be the [...]
New BC Sasquatch Sighting
Sasquatch hunter Bill Miller (left) explains the characteristics of Big Foot as fellow hunter Tom Steenburg looks on. Photography by Jenna Hauck. Progress A seven-foot Sasquatch has been spotted near Chilliwack, a witness says. And two local Sasquatch hunters are convinced the sighting, reported last month [June 2008] on Mount Cheam, is the real deal. “This was a legitimate sighting, not a bear, not a deer or anything else,” said Bill Miller, a full-time Sasquatch hunter who lives in Harrison Hot Springs. The Sasquatch was sighted on June 19 at 2 a.m. when a husband and wife were travelling down [...]
Serval Caught in Atlanta
The mystery felid was identified as various kinds of cats before it was finally officially verified to be a Leptailurus serval. The African wildcat was caught near Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, early Thursday, July 10, 2008. It is now on lock down and its owner could face misdemeanor criminal charges for bringing the illegal pet into the state. The Department of Natural Resources is working to locate its owner and find out how the animal found its way from the African savannahs to Atlanta. Several people have claimed the potentially dangerous cat, which may have been loose as long [...]
Monster Experts Tell All
Loren Coleman, the world’s leading authority of cryptozoology, says this relatively new field of study is exciting because “it overlaps nature, outdoors recreation and adventure” into one easy-to-grasp package.
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