tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post9015860927830072060..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: THE BEAST IN THE BOAT - STILL NO FURTHER AHEAD WITH A MONSTROUS MYSTERY FROM ANCIENT EGYPTAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-73552356132990790902020-07-26T16:44:17.812+01:002020-07-26T16:44:17.812+01:00I'd expect so, but in view of its pertinent si...I'd expect so, but in view of its pertinent size, toothiness, and presence in this area, it was necessary to include the crocodile here for the sake of comprehensiveness.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-79008709119761857342020-07-26T16:41:26.109+01:002020-07-26T16:41:26.109+01:00Interesting! Do you recall what the magazine was c...Interesting! Do you recall what the magazine was called and which issue the picture was in? I'd be intrigued to see the picture.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-72124431124770980382020-07-26T16:38:51.839+01:002020-07-26T16:38:51.839+01:00Hi Simon, Yes I've seen them, very intriguing ...Hi Simon, Yes I've seen them, very intriguing and instructive too, and you certainly have a point as to how a hippo skull looks very different from what you'd expect it to look like if basing youe expectation solely upon the external appearance of a hippo's head.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-14951270102040131852020-07-26T04:54:09.212+01:002020-07-26T04:54:09.212+01:00Wouldn’t a crocodile skull have been identified ri...Wouldn’t a crocodile skull have been identified right away?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334710938603889552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-26357650925614685802020-05-22T18:19:20.395+01:002020-05-22T18:19:20.395+01:00I recently saw a picture in a historical magazine ...I recently saw a picture in a historical magazine of a Roman fresco depicting the Nile river and animals/wildlife living there. Somehow I wondered if there could be some cryptid material. Some of the animals might have roamed the historical Egypt Nile area in Roman times but diappeared some I could not identify (iam a layman) even the creatures had been relatively depicted accurate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-42309525022469533912020-05-09T17:13:28.708+01:002020-05-09T17:13:28.708+01:00I wondered if it might be in another volume, but I...I wondered if it might be in another volume, but I see Hassan only titled one part after the solar boats. Once upon a time, I might have enjoyed reading the whole work to find out, but I'm too tired and confused these days.<br />----<br />I ought to look up more of the illustrations Simon mentions. A hippo skull is indeed quite horrific—how (asks the future paleontologist) can it not belong to a violent monster? :D Of course, hippos do kill more people than lions...Ethan Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477704222423568933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-84953520546884603232020-04-26T09:03:47.709+01:002020-04-26T09:03:47.709+01:00Boy howdy do hippopotamus skulls look weird! I can...Boy howdy do hippopotamus skulls look weird! I can very much believe that someone who found it but had never seen a live specimen, or for that matter could connect it to what a hippopotamus looked like when alive, would conclude the skull belonged to a dragon or some other monstrous creature. <br /><br />On a related note: Have you seen those illustrations humourously poking fun at how future palaeontologists might get reconstruction of modern day fauna horribly wrong? One includes a hippopotamus reconstructed as some terrible fanged reptilian dragon-like creature...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957730344128441993noreply@blogger.com