The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... Origin of the manticora : the Indian tiger The gnu , the origin of the Catoblepas Dr Bernard Heuvelmans , the father of cryptozoology ' A triumph for cryptozoology : Homo pongoides , a surviving Neanderthaler , photographed in ice ...
... Origin of the manticora : the Indian tiger The gnu , the origin of the Catoblepas Dr Bernard Heuvelmans , the father of cryptozoology ' A triumph for cryptozoology : Homo pongoides , a surviving Neanderthaler , photographed in ice ...
Page 97
... origins of the unicorn myth . One thing we can be certain about , and that is the origin of the unicorn's horn . The long , white spiral horn is now an established part of the unicorn's make - up . This was not always so . Some time ...
... origins of the unicorn myth . One thing we can be certain about , and that is the origin of the unicorn's horn . The long , white spiral horn is now an established part of the unicorn's make - up . This was not always so . Some time ...
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... origin of the Barnacle Goose - or perhaps the Brent Goose , as these early writers made little distinction between the two , and modern science has also confused the issue by calling the Brent Goose Branta bernicla . Though Gerald's ...
... origin of the Barnacle Goose - or perhaps the Brent Goose , as these early writers made little distinction between the two , and modern science has also confused the issue by calling the Brent Goose Branta bernicla . Though Gerald's ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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