tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post4335881811750809780..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: THE CAMBODIAN 'STEGOSAUR' - AN ANACHRONISM FROM ANGKOR WAT?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-9303961167893255372016-12-16T19:16:53.584+00:002016-12-16T19:16:53.584+00:00The mystery 'pangolin' looks to me like th...The mystery 'pangolin' looks to me like the head of a mythical dragon-like creature known as a naga - many sculptures of the creatures exist in that region of Asia, even in Angkor Wat itself, and they often have similar skull ornamentation.<br />Case in point:<br />https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/NagaPhnomPenh.jpgGlarn Boudinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206782293651444587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-7952825629934626152016-11-05T16:10:05.322+00:002016-11-05T16:10:05.322+00:00Hi Cliodna, I've seen a number of people ALLEG...Hi Cliodna, I've seen a number of people ALLEGING this to be the explanation, both online and in print (e.g. a reader's letter claiming something along these lines appeared in Fortean Times some years ago), but I've never seen any actual confirmation of it anywhere, and when two friends of mine visiting Angkor Wat sought out this Ta Prohm petroglyph specifically in order to photograph it for me (their photos appear in this article of mine), they informed me that it seemed to be no fresher than any of the others in close proximity to it. So my own opinion is that such claims are fallacious, and that it is genuine (i.e. of the same age as the other petroglyphs at Ta Prohm), not a modern-day creation added there as a hoax. All the best, KarlDr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-63160447265064247772016-11-05T09:04:58.183+00:002016-11-05T09:04:58.183+00:00The weird thing is that I seem to remember with ab...The weird thing is that I seem to remember with absolute certainty that someone claimed it to have been a 19th century addition made by some sculptor during temple renovations, but I can't seem to find the source of that memory.<br />Huh.<br />Maybe the debunking itself was a hoax if there's so little of it on the internet.Cliodnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249637837113488015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-53912899441504488712016-09-16T16:30:49.124+01:002016-09-16T16:30:49.124+01:00I always thought it was a dead ringer for a tapir....I always thought it was a dead ringer for a tapir.Bridgette Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237427705375795637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-61894029955509348652016-09-08T02:13:50.882+01:002016-09-08T02:13:50.882+01:00The tail of the animal carving in question looks r...The tail of the animal carving in question looks reptilian to me (but no spikes).Olrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519546544726111480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-77232938116845035732016-09-05T02:44:41.913+01:002016-09-05T02:44:41.913+01:00Kudos on this.Kudos on this.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097420555737415471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-78298667975347827862016-09-03T23:35:51.449+01:002016-09-03T23:35:51.449+01:00It does seem like you have it correct, a rhino wit...It does seem like you have it correct, a rhino with leaf-like decoration.<br /><br />I do not know a lot about dinosaurs, but I continue to regard stegosaurs as fictional creations of the wars between Cope and Marsh. I am strongly inclined to see them with the plates lying flat on their back. <br /><br />I wonder what animals today would be most analogous and if any have similar spikes on their tails?<br />Laurence Clark Crossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908708438427333473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-57115129430219144402016-09-01T23:52:11.295+01:002016-09-01T23:52:11.295+01:00It is quite clearly a moomintroll, though much fur...It is quite clearly a moomintroll, though much further south than the known examples.<br /><br />Or a rhino.Pattockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741004991950391554noreply@blogger.com