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The Beasts that Hide from Man: Seeking the Worlds Last Undiscovered Animals
by Karl P.N. Shuker
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| Editorial Review |
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| Cryptozoology -- the study of hidden animals -- is gaining attention thanks to a startling number of zoological discoveries. Karl P.N. Shuker has collected evidence of these mysterious, somewhat mythical creatures in THE BEASTS THAT HIDE FROM MAN. Shuker provides entertaining, solidly researched tales about extraordinary animals. Shuker also provides a supplement to Bernard Heuvelmans's checklist of cryptozoological animals, which contains updated information on unknown creatures. |
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| Product Details |
- Publisher: Paraview Press
- ISBN-10: 1-93104-464-3
- ISBN-13: 978-1-93104-464-6
- Amazon.com Sales Rank #857439
- Published on: November 01, 2003
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 324 pages
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| Customer Review |
Rebecca--30 years of crypto and still loving it!: Absolutely terrific!  |
Contains a brief review of more recently reported phenomenon. Not that the events themselves are necessarily recent, but since the early 1990's many reports from countries in the Soviet Block are coming to life.
The author extensively researched the book and you will find new creatures to be amazed by. Also included is the most extensive review I have seen on tatzelwurms.
Grab a glass of iced tea and prepare to stay totally absorbed with beast of the air, water, land and beneath the earth! |
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Bruce D. Wilner: by far the weakest of Shuker's works  |
| I have quite the cryptozoological library and, moreover, a fair selection of Dr. Shuker's books. I was terribly, bitterly disappointed in this entry. I should have known something was afoot when, scanning the list of original sources, I found papers and columns from twelve-year-old magazines. In this book, Dr. Shuker does not review meaningful mysteries with substantive backing by trustworthy people, but (mostly) ridiculous reports of man-eating trees and such from uneducated Neolithic tribesmen whose "references" often amount to six generations' worth of heard-it-from-my-father. Do not waste your money on this compendium of the ridiculous from an otherwise laudable and trustworthy scientist who, for some reason (the money?), cobbled together his weakest material and slapped on a hastily sketched cover. |
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Travis Wagner: Pretty Sweet  |
This book is great for anyone who is into CryptoZoology, and I mean people who are HARDCORE into it, and don't want to hear about the same old bigfoot, Aliens, and Chupacobra stories, I have to say every single one of the creatures in this book I have never heard of, it is truly great. Only problem is the author gets way into things, and explains things you really dont care about, like the mongolian deathworm section, he goes on comparing it to different lizards. Other than that, it is a great buy, and I would suggest it for anyone who is into the paranormal
A 4...out of 5. |
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Robert Schmidt: Noah took two of everything?  |
Author Karl P.N. Shuker certainly is more liberal than I in assessing the legitimacy of strange animal sightings, myths, and legends. However, he is also much more conservative than others claiming Bigfoot exists behind every door!
Shuker, in his book The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals, tries to ferret out the truth when it comes to purported sightings or knowledge of mysterious beasts, such as the Mongolia Death Worm. From giant birds to sea serpents, he works to uncover connections between what IS known with what MAY be. For example, he reviewed what is known about giant birds, and discussed theories as to why a few very large eggs have been uncovered in Australia. Clearly he takes his investigations seriously.
It is very easy to be critical of this search for ..."the World's Last Undiscovered Animals." I have stuffed in my copy a review of a book discussing the "rediscovery" of cougars in Michigan and an article on cougars in Illinois (see pages 276-277 in The Beasts That Hide from Man), and articles about scientists discovering a new species of monkey in Africa, the highland mangabey, and a new rodent discovered in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (25 cm long... and found in a food market). There are animals waiting to be discovered!
I wish Karl P.N. Shuker was more critical in his approach to crytozoology. However, as I said above, he is more critical, and demanding of evidence, than most cryptozoologists. As far as this book, a number of the artist renditions were of poor quality, and the book would have been well served with Shuker partnering with an artist to develop new sketches. For these reasons, I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.
I look forward to using examples from this book to get budding naturalists to observe well, report accurately, and think critically. And if you've seen ANYTHING out of the ordinary, I suspect Karl P.N. Shuker would like to know. |
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David Williams: A good read for the Art Bell crowd  |
| A scintillating waste of good vocabulary and research about pure mythology. No, it's not worth the price. |
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