Mermaids and Mastodons: A Book of Natural & Unnatural HistoryRinehart, 1957 - 251 sider Strange, mythical, and extinct animals and their history in fact and legend. |
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Side 54
... tentacles , and perhaps use these formidable whip - like weapons , armed with suckers and charged with electricity , to strangle several of my sailors . I did not feel that I ought to endanger the lives of my men simply for the sake of ...
... tentacles , and perhaps use these formidable whip - like weapons , armed with suckers and charged with electricity , to strangle several of my sailors . I did not feel that I ought to endanger the lives of my men simply for the sake of ...
Side 55
... tentacles , the immortal head by the real head of the animal which the tentacles surround . But , we may ask , what of the legendary 55 THE KRAKEN AND OTHER SEA MONSTERS.
... tentacles , the immortal head by the real head of the animal which the tentacles surround . But , we may ask , what of the legendary 55 THE KRAKEN AND OTHER SEA MONSTERS.
Side 56
... tentacles if the original ones are amputated by its predatory foes . Sometimes when octopuses are caught they are found to have one or more tentacles shorter than the rest , and from these stumps there often project thin whip - like ...
... tentacles if the original ones are amputated by its predatory foes . Sometimes when octopuses are caught they are found to have one or more tentacles shorter than the rest , and from these stumps there often project thin whip - like ...
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The Natural History of Mermaids | 3 |
The Great Sea Serpent | 20 |
The Kraken and other Sea Monsters | 47 |
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Mermaids and Mastodons: A Book of Natural & Unnatural History Richard Carrington Uddragsvisning - 1957 |
Mermaids and Mastodons: A Book of Natural & Unnatural History Richard Carrington Uddragsvisning - 1957 |
Mermaids and Mastodons: A Book of Natural & Unnatural History Richard Carrington Uddragsvisning - 1957 |
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American ancestors ancient animal appearance Aysheaia belonged birds body Brahminy kite Captain carcase chapter Chirotherium coast coelacanth colour continents creature Daedalus Despite dinosaurs discovery dragon Earth eggs elephant existence extinct fact famous feet long fins fish footprints fossil bones Garuda genus geological giant squid Ginkgo head human Iguanodon interesting island Javan rhinoceros Jenny Haniver known kraken land later Latimeria legend living fossils London mammals mammoth marsupials mastodon Maurice Wilson mermaid million years ago Moeritherium monster Museum Natural History naturalists neck Notornis Oannes octopus opossum palaeontology passenger pigeon period Peripatus phoenix platypus primitive probably Professor quagga Reconstruction by Maurice remains reports reptiles resembling rhinoceros Rhytina rocks rukh scientific sea bonze sea monk sea serpent sea-cow seals seems seen shore Siberia skeleton skin species specimen story strange suggested surface tail tentacles theory tree trunk western dragon whale zebra Zoological