It reminds me of the spitting cobras. Herpetologists had been warned for years by the natives that some cobras could spit venom. They scoffed. Right up until they found some and ran screaming out of the jungle...
This stuff makes good inspiration for writing.
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Wow!
May 14 2009, 18:43:05 UTC 12 years ago
I tend to consider most cryptids to be "potentially" extant (or formerly extant; some may have been hunted to extinction) unless the descriptions are so far out that they don't sound physically viable.
May 14 2009, 18:58:24 UTC 12 years ago
Yay!
May 14 2009, 19:01:18 UTC 12 years ago
May 14 2009, 22:04:36 UTC 12 years ago
LOL! I didn't know that before. That's awesome.
Thoughts
May 15 2009, 02:17:36 UTC 12 years ago
Just because you are a white man with a degree does not mean you know more about a jungle than the people who live there.
Re: Thoughts
May 15 2009, 10:03:14 UTC 12 years ago
Which really should go without saying, but those idiots tend to think of the locals as ignorant savages.
Re: Thoughts
May 15 2009, 17:12:03 UTC 12 years ago
Dark Folks: "Warning about X."
Pale Folks: "X is superstition."
Dark Folks: "Cautionary tale about messing with X."
Pale Folks: *ignore, ignore* ... "Aaaaa! Why didn't you TELL us about X!"
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May 16 2009, 00:03:58 UTC 12 years ago
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May 16 2009, 00:53:17 UTC 12 years ago
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May 16 2009, 01:10:57 UTC 12 years ago