Cryptozoology

[synthesizer-patel]

I have aways been ever so slightly disappointed by the fact that so much of cryptozoology is complete garbage, and riddled with loony researchers and hoaxers.

While there are undoubtedly plenty of extremely cool species still to be discovered - the really famous and charismatic cryptids remain elusive - most likely becuase so many of them were never there.

So if you could have just one cryptid discovered which one would it be?

Which cryptid do you think that we stand a reasonable chance of finding one day?

 

[cosmictraveler]

Cryptozoology (from Greek: κρυπτός, kryptós, "hidden"; ζῷον, zôon, "animal"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge" or "study" – c.f. zoology) - Literally: "The study of Hidden Animals" - is the study of, and search for, animals which fall outside of contemporary zoological catalogs. It consists of two primary fields of research:

The search for living examples of animals taxonomically identified through fossil records, but which are believed to be extinct.
The search for animals that fall outside of taxonomic records due to a lack of empirical evidence, but for which anecdotal evidence exists in the form of myths, legends, or undocumented sightings.[1]
Those involved in cryptozoological study are known as cryptozoologists; the animals that they study are often referred to as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall in 1983.[2] Cryptozoology has seen very little attention from the mainstream scientific community, and is typically classified as pseudoscience because of erratic application of the scientific method.

WIKI

 

[synthesizer-patel]

Cryptozoology (from Greek: κρυπτός, kryptós, "hidden"; ζῷον, zôon, "animal"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge" or "study" – c.f. zoology) - Literally: "The study of Hidden Animals" - is the study of, and search for, animals which fall outside of contemporary zoological catalogs. It consists of two primary fields of research:

The search for living examples of animals taxonomically identified through fossil records, but which are believed to be extinct.
The search for animals that fall outside of taxonomic records due to a lack of empirical evidence, but for which anecdotal evidence exists in the form of myths, legends, or undocumented sightings.[1]
Those involved in cryptozoological study are known as cryptozoologists; the animals that they study are often referred to as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall in 1983.[2] Cryptozoology has seen very little attention from the mainstream scientific community, and is typically classified as pseudoscience because of erratic application of the scientific method.

WIKI

Yeah?

And?

 

[Orleander]

would the ivory billed woodpecker fall into this category?

 

[synthesizer-patel]

would the ivory billed woodpecker fall into this category?

in a literal sense yes - but seeing as this is in the pseudoscience forum, I'm thinking along the lines of Yetis, Nessies, champies, and chupacabra.......ies

 

[Orleander]

so dinosaurs in the Amazon jungle don't count either. It has to be an animal never proven to have existed?
The Jersey Devil?

 

[synthesizer-patel]

so dinosaurs in the Amazon jungle don't count either. It has to be an animal never proven to have existed?
The Jersey Devil?

I think amazon dino's are whacky enough to get a pass into this - the JD is certainly a loopy enough candidate