tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post955699012614418670..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: THE DOBHAR-CHÚ - TRAILING IRELAND'S MYSTERIOUS MASTER OTTER. Part 1: GLENADE LAKE AND A GRAVESTONEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-68905218217710354362022-01-19T11:57:49.352+00:002022-01-19T11:57:49.352+00:00A canine body with unusually large feet reminds me...A canine body with unusually large feet reminds me of the large feet of swamp-dwelling rabbits; an adaptation to a watery environment.<br /><br />As for long-necked canines, I'm always struck by the length of the maned wolf's neck, but it's perhaps not quite so long as the image on the gravestone.<br /><br />I can't account for the head shape at all, so that's the end of my efforts to put the hound in water hound. ;)Ethan Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477704222423568933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-37171018860751489012021-07-17T20:05:21.646+01:002021-07-17T20:05:21.646+01:00Hi Veronica, See my above reply re your discovery,...Hi Veronica, See my above reply re your discovery, and thanks again for letting me know about it. All the best, Karl.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-41470842468577331842021-07-17T20:01:42.008+01:002021-07-17T20:01:42.008+01:00Hi Veronica, This sounds very interesting! My advi...Hi Veronica, This sounds very interesting! My advice would be to contact your nearest local archaeology group, and/or museum, but if you receive no response from them, try your local council too. If you could snap some photos of the pieces to show whoever you contact, that would be excellent. Best of luck, and please keep me informed, as this could potentially be of great archaeological and local historical significance. Thanks very much for letting me know about this. All the best, Karl.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-30556648396492729052021-07-17T19:57:36.081+01:002021-07-17T19:57:36.081+01:00Hi I actually live in Kilroosk and I think I may h...Hi I actually live in Kilroosk and I think I may have found parts of the missing gravestone, engraved is a long necked creature, almost like a dinosaur?! What should I do with it??? Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492190847038609012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-29880850302590778772021-07-17T19:53:42.864+01:002021-07-17T19:53:42.864+01:00I actually live in Kilroosk House and I think I ma...I actually live in Kilroosk House and I think I may have found the missing Kilroosk tombstone in pieces but I can see the engraving of something lile a long neck creature. What is your advice pon what to do with this? Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492190847038609012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-42553146928920815332020-12-03T18:24:46.016+00:002020-12-03T18:24:46.016+00:00Thanks very much!Thanks very much!Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-1814528887958855622020-12-03T16:17:02.463+00:002020-12-03T16:17:02.463+00:00Obviously in the wilds of West Europe there are ma...Obviously in the wilds of West Europe there are mammalian & reptilian beings killing folks & haven't been scientifically catalogued yet. Just to get videos & photos of these beings would be dynamic & educational.NorthsideRastahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741081714136423378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-9542490571127641832020-12-03T04:16:36.510+00:002020-12-03T04:16:36.510+00:00Great fascinating, well researched,
and well writt...Great fascinating, well researched,<br />and well written article Karl. Kudos.<br /><br />@Arthur Dent: Good insights, and also I miss Douglas Adams...Dare_Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675663555185479150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-62470881141978563452020-12-02T16:03:32.378+00:002020-12-02T16:03:32.378+00:00I agree entirely with both of your comments, Arthu...I agree entirely with both of your comments, Arthur.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-65740114418883220832020-12-02T15:14:50.862+00:002020-12-02T15:14:50.862+00:00"It was then speared by the husband who at th..."It was then speared by the husband who at the same time killed its young one". Here, I think, is the key to its aggressiveness; it appears to have been a mother protecting its young.Arthur Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145076773842267406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-57745971779216483982020-12-02T15:03:32.416+00:002020-12-02T15:03:32.416+00:00The Brazilian giant otter (max length 5ft6) has be...The Brazilian giant otter (max length 5ft6) has been known to kill people, so the existence of a European giant otter is perfectly believable. A few years back, a zookeeper was killed by Brazilian otters, can't remember where. I believe the record length for an otter killed in Britain is 6 feet, so could it have been one of the last of the dobhar-chu?<br />Arthur Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145076773842267406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-27804722645357520012020-11-29T08:42:22.968+00:002020-11-29T08:42:22.968+00:00Thing is that the reconstructions I have seen of p...Thing is that the reconstructions I have seen of primitive whales do not look otter-like, as much as like furry crocodiles.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957730344128441993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-39209296411948153712020-11-28T10:35:44.360+00:002020-11-28T10:35:44.360+00:00Hi Simon, The so-called super otter category of se...Hi Simon, The so-called super otter category of sea serpent proposed by Heuvelmans was so named by him merely because this type of sea serpent superficially looks like a huge otter. However, when assessing its likely taxonomic identity (should it actually exist), he claimed that it was most likely to be a very primitive form of whale in which its four limbs had been retained, rather than the hind ones having vanished externally and the front ones having become converted into flippers (as in known modern-day cetaceans). So, no, the super otter category of sea serpent would appear unrelated to the dobhar-chu, which seems much more likely to be some form of bona fide otter.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-12639841177562317632020-11-27T18:43:23.725+00:002020-11-27T18:43:23.725+00:00Never heard of the Dobhar-Chu until now, though I ...Never heard of the Dobhar-Chu until now, though I have heard of sea monsters described as giant otters as documented by Bernard Heuvelmans I think. (the "Super Otter") I wonder if those stories might have a common origin with the Dobhar -Chu?Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957730344128441993noreply@blogger.com