Snowflake, the long-lived gorilla who died in 2003, was famous for being the only known albino gorilla. He became a wildly popular attraction at the Barcelona Zoo in Spain, where he lived almost his entire life, becoming almost a mascot for the city. But until now, nobody knew why Snowflake looked the way he did.
Now read on.....
.www.posa.com/science/article/2013-06/famous-white gorilla-was-result-incest

This is the famous Patterson-Gimlin photograph, allegedly of Bigfoot.  I thought I'd put it up so that you can study it at your leisure - it has generated much controversy in the cryptozoological world.  Study it carefully - a human in costume or the Real Thing?

NEW CAT DISCOVERED IN BRAZIL

DNA analysis of two populations of wildcat in Brazil has shown that they're evolutionary distinct, allowing one to be recognised as a new species.

Now read on.....
www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-12/01/tigrina

The second issue of the Journal of Cryptozoology is now available. This is a peer-reviewed journal, the only one of its kind dealing with this subject,  with articles by fully qualified scientists, making it a must for researchers and academic libraries.

The current issue deals with orang pendek, koolakamba the mystery ape, Spanish freshwater cryptids and the king cheetah.

Edited by the renowned Dr Karl Shuker, it is available through all the usual sources.

Tiny Marsupials That Mate Themselves to Death

10. 9.2013

Males of the genus Antechinus, once called marsupial mice, mature quickly and mate repeatedly during a short breeding season, humping away...

Now read on......

[An accompanying picture might prove too shocking for sensitive readers]www.huffingtonpost.com/tonyphillips/tiny_marsupials_that_mate themselve to death

Where doth Bigfoot lurk?

Where doth  Bigfoot lurk?

The question arises in an earlier article of where Bigfoot is able to hide out so cleverly that, despite numerous reports, we never seem to find one.  They have been seen in every state in the Union (yes, including Rhode Island, despite statements to the contrary).  While bird watchers go bird watching, they see birds.  Why do Bigfoot watchers never see Bigfoots/Bigfeet?

Various explanations are put forward - the cunning of Bigfoot, partial hibernation of Bigfoot, maybe dead bodies are never found because they are eaten by other Bigfoot, etc.  In heavily forested areas of the Pacific coast, in the wilds of Alaska, such explanations are fine; but what about the more populated areas?

The first idea we must combat and the evidence seems to indicate we should combat it, is that If a thing is there, it is there all the time.  Yet I seem to remember hearing that physicists now can send particles in and out of existence.  Can the same thing happen with a great clump of particles like Bigfoot?

While I do not discount such an explanation utterly, I think there is a more likely explanation.  Physicists now admit the idea of coexisting universes.  As far as I am aware, coexisting dimensions would not cause a scientist to scoff.  Could it be that Bigfoot, when chased, simply crosses the line into the other dimension and is no more discernable?  The answer is that we don't know, but it does not make the idea of the existence rather than the non-existence of Bigfoot seem quite so incredible.

The Wonders of DNA

Unless you are some kind of hermit and haven't come down from your mountain retreat for half a century, you'll have heard of DNA.  It's what we inherit from our ancestors.  For further description, see Wikipedia.  However, now that DNA has been discovered, some amazing characteristics of it have become established.

It now appears that Memory is, at least to a degree, passed down through DNA.  At Emory University School of Medicine, they have discovered that experiences of mice are passed down from generation to generation.  If that is the case, the implications for future generations could be quite staggering.

The way in which this was discovered was that mice were given an aversion to the scent of cherry blossom.  Their offspring consequently avoided cherry blossom or its aroma.  The same happened with the next generation.  As far as this line of mousehood was concerned, cherry blossom was out.  The structure of the brain was also affected by the experience.

Scientists argue that this may be a cause of irrational phobias.  If your ancestor had an unpleasant experience with spiders, he will pass on to you a fear of such creatures.  The use of this in dealing with psychological disorders must be clear.

However, a UFO website has taken an imaginative jump and asked if actual memories of our ancestors are stored in there.  Will further research show that there is such a thing as hereditary memory which will enable us to see what our ancestors saw?  Will pictures of animals now extinct, will the sensations of experiences undergone be subject to recall.  Will we be able to fill in the large blank in human experience that is called prehistory?  Who can say.....