Tuesday, October 27, 2009

NEIL ARNOLD: Cryptozoology at the Natural History Museum

Cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals - such creatures are given the tag 'cryptid', for researchers within the field believe such 'animals' to be on the verge of discovery. Although mysterious beasts such as the Yeti, Bigfoot and Nessie remain out of the reach of science, there are some creatures that remain as reasonably valid cryptids - undiscovered creatures around the next corner, or species thought extinct but which resurface....

Our very own Neil Arnold looks at some of the more cryptozoological specimens housed at the Natural History Museum:

http://londonist.com/2009/10/the_saturday_strangeness_66.php

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