Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.
The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.
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The sharp-tailed snake was known to range over the Canadian border (where it is considered endangered) on Vancouver Island and a few other small islands. It's now been found on the Canadian mainland in B.C.
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Well this is a very interesting post for me as I thought this snake was known from southern British Colombia where (I believed) they are thought of as relic populations from a time when they were more abundant in this area, and down to the southern sierra Nevada and the central coast of California where some individuals are actually a pail orange on the dorsal surface. contrary to belief the tail spine is not toxic and is used to subdue prey by holding it still. Fairly recent studies appear to have shown specific level differences within this species.
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