Sunday 23 March 2014

THE SEA-MONK: WHAT WAS IT?


This creature appears in Gesner's Historia Animalium (16th Century).  It was found off the Danish coast.  He calls it a sea-monk.  There has been speculation over the years regarding its actual identity, but nobody has come up with a definite solution to the question.  If it reminds you of something you see in the mirror each morning, I make no comment.

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