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Cryptozoology, the study of "hidden animals", concerns itself with animals whose existence has not yet been recognized by mainstream science. These animals, known as "cryptids", are often the stuff of legends, written off as myths or elaborate hoaxes. Some famous cryptids are Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and El Chupacabra, all of which remain shrouded in mystery. However, many animals widely recognized today were once among these cryptids. The following ten creatures were once dismissed by science as products of folklore, imagination, or deception, but are now formally recognized as their own species.
Top 10 Cryptids That Turned Out to be Real (Cryptozoology) - Listverse
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Early explorers to Australia described bizarre creatures never before seen by Europeans. They wrote of creatures with heads like deer that stood upright like men and hopped like frogs. The creatures sometimes sported two heads – one on their shoulders, and one on the stomach. Such accounts were understandably disregarded and ridiculed by fellow colleagues.
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#1 - Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:03 AM EDT"heads like deer... hopped like frogs... two heads... one on the stomach". Sure sounds like a 'roo to me.
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#2 - Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:59 PM EDTThis is a pretty good list -- however, I think the #1 cryptid that turned out to be real was the giraffe. Try describing one to someone who has never seen one! (or try to imagine that you have never seen one, and read a description of it.)
HA! What a 'tall-tale' a 'giraffe' is. REAALLLLYY long neck, tall like a tree, runs like a horse, netlike pattern on hide. Cowlike eyes. Sure, mac. Whatcha been drinking?
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