Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784288624 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A great read for anyone interested in cryptozoology" according to S. Anderson. My favourite thing about this book is that it goes beyond simply debunking tall tales or explaining cryptid sightings. It considers whether the explanations given for various cryptids are compatible with what we know about evolution and biology, and it looks at how popular culture shapes our ideas about cryptids.Should we expect that a large hominid like bigfoot might. Petter Douglas Huestis said Excellent introduction to the subject. This is an excellent, concise overview of the problems with cryptozoology. If you'd like to read just one healthily skeptical overview on the subject, this is a great choice. Highly readable, and respectful yet forceful in its refutations, the clear-headed approach offered here is a good contrast with both the pie-eyed gullible on the one hand, and the snootily dismis. "Fair and evenhanded" according to Jim Davis. The author was on the Monstertalk podcast plugging this book. He was interesting and engaging so I thought I would give his book a shot.Naish comes across as a sympathetic skeptic. He clearly does not believe that any of the creatures covered in this relatively brief book have a flesh and blood existence but he does not dismiss the field of cryptozoology as a psuedosc
. About the Author Dr Darren Naish is a palaeontologist and the founder of the weblog Tetrapod Zoology in 2006. He is the author or co-author of a number of books on prehistoric animals, such as the Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life (DK, 2003 with David Lambert and Elizabeth Wyse) and The Evidence (2000, with David Martill), which was published to accompany the BBC TV series Walking with Dinosaurs
Debates about their actual existence or what they might really be have continued for decades, if not centuries. Known also as cryptids, they have spawned a body of research known as cryptozoology. This entertaining book looks at the evidence of these mysterious monsters and others and explores what they might really be (if they exist at all), why they have been represented as they have and the development of cryptozoology and how it has collected data to discover more about these unknown creatures.. The Loch Ness Monster, bigfoot and the yeti have long held a fascination for people the world over
. Dr Darren Naish is a palaeontologist and the founder of the weblog Tetrapod Zoology in 2006. He is the author or co-author of a number of books on prehistoric animals, such as the Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life (DK, 2003 with David Lambert and Elizabeth Wyse) and The Evidence (2000, with David Martill), which was published to accompany the BBC TV series Walki