tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post2482766245579280182..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: LEGLESS IN NEPAL - A LIMBLESS HIMALAYAN CROCODILE DRAGON?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-48202471863797736712013-09-02T22:36:25.265+01:002013-09-02T22:36:25.265+01:00Thanks Crystal - I hope you enjoy my book!Thanks Crystal - I hope you enjoy my book!Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-57233793741254762372013-09-02T22:11:02.685+01:002013-09-02T22:11:02.685+01:00Interesting and well documented, Karl. I can'...Interesting and well documented, Karl. I can't wait for my copy of Mirabilis to arrive!Crystal Kueckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-68398659560833555442013-09-02T01:43:01.621+01:002013-09-02T01:43:01.621+01:00this is amazing, thank you for the share. If it is...this is amazing, thank you for the share. If it is found again please follow this up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-80746619344158342132013-08-30T11:00:36.778+01:002013-08-30T11:00:36.778+01:00Made me think of the Liberian GBAHALI :
http://cr...Made me think of the Liberian GBAHALI :<br /><br />http://cryptidchronicles.tumblr.com/search/gbahali<br /><br />Don't know if they are related to each other, but those two dragon-like beasts looks somewhat like giant versions of earless monitor lizards, with the nepalese one having mosasaur like jaws instead.Erik Bos.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-90750623214754483092013-08-28T18:30:52.762+01:002013-08-28T18:30:52.762+01:00Hi Typhon, No offence taken - with the buru, as wi...Hi Typhon, No offence taken - with the buru, as with any cryptid unrepresented by physical evidence to examine and obtain a positive identification from, no-one can be said to be right or wrong re what it may be; we can only hold opinions, theories. The Aegisuchus-like crocodilian idea is certainly intriguing - certainly it does seem more crocodilian than anything else in basic form and behaviour. I shall have to see if I can uncover additional sightings if it - perhaps Bill Gibbons can disclose further information to me.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-484748222322660222013-08-28T18:25:29.056+01:002013-08-28T18:25:29.056+01:00Dear Dr. Shuker,
Please dont get my comment wrong...Dear Dr. Shuker,<br /><br />Please dont get my comment wrong. I am not trying to say you are wrong with anything in this article and I really like your blog.<br />Considering the Buru, well I have read your article but, no disrespect, I do not share your opinion about it. I do not pretend to know what it is, but personally I assume it to be something crocodilian. <br />Anyhow,let us leave the Buru discussion out of this. This beast in your current article seems to be very similar, though land-living, to a legless version of Aegisuchus. But I do not expect it to be an Aegisuchus, just a very specialized form of crocodile like Aegisuchus, something you also consider toward the end of your article. However, the fact that a very similar creature once existed lends credibility to the existence of this "dragon". It would be very interesting to see, if there is anything reported about the tongue of this beast, i.e. if it is formed to attract prey like a snapping turtle's tongue.<br /><br />yours truly<br />TyphonTyphonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087409371952413589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-62739985416309215802013-08-28T15:00:28.108+01:002013-08-28T15:00:28.108+01:00blog, not log lolblog, not log lolDr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-81067072718913473412013-08-28T15:00:05.690+01:002013-08-28T15:00:05.690+01:00Also of course, the buru was entirely aquatic, not...Also of course, the buru was entirely aquatic, not being found lying on land like this Nepalese creature. And as noted in my log article above, the latter's long crocodilian jaws would argue against an ophidian (snake) identity for it too.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-79069390822509912642013-08-28T14:47:27.987+01:002013-08-28T14:47:27.987+01:00But please note that there is no guarantee in any ...But please note that there is no guarantee in any case that the buru was a lizard. I have argued - and, in the opinion of a fair few cryptozoologists, very persuasively - that the buru was more likely to have been a giant lungfish. See my separate ShukerNature post re this possibility: http://www.karlshuker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/riddle-of-buru-and-lungfish-link.htmlDr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-20325839789047289152013-08-28T09:34:48.163+01:002013-08-28T09:34:48.163+01:00I agree with the idea of Dale Drinnon and think a ...I agree with the idea of Dale Drinnon and think a Buru would be a good explanation except for the size.<br />However, the whole behavior and description sounds like a crocodilian to me instead of something like a varan or even a serpent. And I am very much reminded of Aegisuchus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegisuchus) with its very long flat jaws. (I am fully aware that Aegisuchus lived in an other part of the world..). The missing legs I guess were an oversight, however, looking at many species of skinks...maybe it is truly legless in its natural state.Typhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087409371952413589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-66337724125370960472013-08-26T18:24:36.244+01:002013-08-26T18:24:36.244+01:00Could it be a caecilian, as theorized for the simi...Could it be a caecilian, as theorized for the similar Argentinian cryptid, the name of which I can't recall?<br /><br />Also, where did you get the fantastc artwork?The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334704612432869150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-70682627339611360632013-08-26T09:55:36.453+01:002013-08-26T09:55:36.453+01:00sounds very much like a finless form of Mososaur, ...sounds very much like a finless form of Mososaur, being on land could be to lay eggs or as in the case of a paleoltihic species of whale (name for gotten at this time, it may have been able to hear prey through its jawbone.<br />Tony Lucas - Citizen Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516900716418646433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-27292044859113058902013-08-26T06:31:03.633+01:002013-08-26T06:31:03.633+01:00Thank you for sharing this interesting article Sir...Thank you for sharing this interesting article Sir! What a creature to consider!! Rob Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711671606718300348noreply@blogger.com