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ShukerNature

This is the official blog of Dr Karl Shuker, the world's leading cryptozoological author and researcher. A qualified zoologist, he has written 32 books and countless articles on cryptozoological and zoomythological subjects, as well as other unexplained phenomena. He has also acted as consultant and/or contributor re several other major tomes and TV shows.

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Episodes

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ARE THERE GIANT SCORPIONS IN FLORIDA?

 Yours truly in front of a life-sized model of a giant prehistoric scorpion, on exhibition at London's Natural…

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WHEN A BLUE-FEATHERED HARPY & A BLUE-DENIM BIKER DANCED THEIR PASSIONATE PAS DE DEUX D'AMOUR!

 An AI-generated image of a blue-feathered harpy & a blue-denim biker dancing their passionate pas de deux d'amour…

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HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT - TWO RECENTLY-REVEALED CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL EXAMPLES

 What happens when you ask AI to generate an image of a tall bipedal tailless monkey confronting a…

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BRINGING TO LIFE THE (IN)FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF LOYS'S APE: A SHUKERNATURE VIDEO(S) OF THE DAY

 A couple of photo-stills from my two AI-generated video clips of the familiar cropped version of the notorious…

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SPOTTING A SPOTTED BUSHBUCK IN LIBERIA

 A typically-patterned male northern bushbuck in Senegal (© Lucy Keith-Diagne/Wikipedia – CC BY 4.0 licence) Bushbucks are the…

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MANIFESTING THE MULILO - A RAINBOW-SUMMONED HILL-DRAGON, OR A LOATHSOME BLACK SLUG-SNAKE?

 Might the mulilo – if it exists – look something like this? (created by Dr Karl Shuker using…

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SHUKERNATURE IS #1 – CONFIRMING WHAT MY COUNTLESS LOYAL SHUKERNATURE FANS AND FOLLOWERS HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN!

 FeedSpot's official opening image to its listing of the 15 Best UK Nature Blogs in 2025 (© FeedSpot)…

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A DICYNODONT DEPICTION?

 Life restoration of Dicynodon lacerticeps, a dicynodont from the Late Permian, South Africa (© ДиБгд-Wikipedia – CC BY…

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THE TANTALISING TWO-TONGUES IDENTIFIED AFTER ALMOST A CENTURY?

 A representation of what a two-tongues may have looked like based solely upon the original report's verbal description…

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"BRING ME THE HEAD OF KING KONG!" – A SHUKERNATURE PICTURE OF THE DAY

 Vintage photograph of a man-made pantomime stage prop in the form of a giant primate head (but NOT…

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PRESENTING THE PYRALLIS - BORN (AND BORNE) WITHIN THE FIERY FURNACES OF ANCIENT CYPRUS

 Is this what the fire-sustained pyrallis is said to have looked like in ancient Cyprus? This is #1…

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SHEDDING LIGHT UPON THE MYSTERY OF LUMINOUS BIRDS - Part 2: ALL AGLOW WITH SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS!

 Is this what a luminous or glowing owl would look like? Sceptics notwithstanding, the phenomenon of luminous birds…

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SHEDDING LIGHT UPON THE MYSTERY OF LUMINOUS BIRDS - Part 1: OWLS AND FOWLS AND HERONS THAT GLOW!

 Is this what a luminous or glowing owl would look like?  THE LUMINOUS OWLA marvellous fowl is the…

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TONGUE-TIED BY THE TWO-TONGUES!

 Is this what Malaya's mystifying two-tongued cryptids looked like? (created by me using Grok X1) The days spanning…

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SEEKING THE SCIENCE BEHIND RAZORTOOTH AND FRANKENFISH!

 My official Lionsgate Region 1 DVD of Razortooth (© Patricia Harrington/Gravedigger Films/Capital Art Entertainment (CAE)/PUSH/Lionsgate – reproduced here…

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MONTEZUMA'S MYSTIFYING WOLF-PUMA – LESSER-KNOWN MEXICAN MYSTERY CATS, PART 3 (OF 3)

 Life-sized reconstruction of the North American scimitar cat Homotherium serum (© Dr Karl Shuker) So far, in Parts…

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DEADLY DEER-PUMAS, LITTLE LIONS, GIANT JAGUARUNDIS, AND MORE! – LESSER-KNOWN MEXICAN MYSTERY CATS, PART 2 (OF 3)

 One long-recognized and three currently-unrecognized Mexican felids – (top left) the puma; (top right) the mazamiztli; (bottom left)…

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RUFFED CAT REVELATIONS - LESSER-KNOWN MEXICAN MYSTERY CATS, PART 1 (OF 3)

 Reconstruction of the possible appearance in life of Mexico's mysterious ruffed cat (created by me using Grok X1)…

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EVALUATING THE ELF CHIMP OF FLORIDA - GLOWING GREEN AND VERY MEAN!

 Is this what the elf chimp looked like? (created by me using Magic Studio) My previous ShukerNature blog…

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GREEN PIGS THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS - MUSING ON THE MOME RATHS AND OTHER CARROLLIAN CREATURES.

 In Lewis Carroll's Looking-Glass Land, mome raths are small green pigs with long snouts (© Dr Karl Shuker)…

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FINDING THE FEATHERED LIONS OF LARRY HAGMAN – AGAIN!

 Did American actor Larry Hagman see something like this during his 'trip'? My memory has always been akin…

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PUTTING THE QUEENSLAND TIGER AND THE CONGOLESE WATER ELEPHANT IN THE PICTURE!

 My illustration of the Queensland tiger aka the yarri, which I prepared as a teenager back in the…

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A FORMER FOXY FRIEND?

 Reconstruction of the likely appearance in life of the officially-extinct Argentinian avus fox Dusicyon avus (© Juandertail/Wikipedia –…

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PUBLISHED TODAY, MY BRAND-NEW 35TH BOOK - 'SHUKERNATURE BOOK 4: TIJUANA'S ZEBRAS, TURKANA'S DANCING WORMS, AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE BLOG BEASTS'

 Featuring a vintage, suitably terrifying illustration of Wisconsin's hideous hodag glaring and frimacing at all potential readers, here…

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HIDING FROM THE HIDE? EERIE DEEPSEA ENCOUNTERS WITH ABYSSAL ABOMINATIONS

 A photo-still from Encounter In The Abyss by Richard Svensson, depicting the nameless horror from the underwater abyss…