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I’m an autistic person interested in cryptozoology, zoology, Fortean phenomena, geography, & stuff like that. (they/she) (cryptidrobin on https://xitter.gq/t.co/H6SafCYvTT!‼️)

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I am on 🟦☁️ now. bsky.app/profile/cryptidrobi… to be specific. I’ll probably be a lot more active there because this app sucks.
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Incredible how our species was able to build the most amazing, comprehensive resource of all human knowledge and culture, freely accessible to all…. …and then willingly destroyed it in six months to make a handful of snake oil salesmen richer.
I literally hate what we have done with the internet. This is the first list of results for Spinosaurus! Why? How do these rank higher than any legitimate artwork?!
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Trying to explain that cats are invasive and coyotes are native to the dumbest guy I’ve ever met
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Last year, the Department of Interior orchestrated the killing of approximately 1,150 bison, a fifth of the entire Yellowstone population — the last wild herd in the world — to prevent them from roaming beyond the park and competing with ranchers.
On National Bison Day, we celebrate this majestic symbol of strength and resilience. The bison represents our rich American heritage and is one of the greatest conservation success stories of all time. Photo by Jacob W. Frank / NPS
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Brand-new on ShukerNature - putting the Queensland tiger & Congolese water elephant in the picture! karlshuker.blogspot.com/2024…
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Another fact that I think probably strikes people as similarly odd: there were Greek Buddhists before there were Chinese Buddhists.
Letter about cotton prices and textiles from the Mogao caves near #Dunhuang - from a 9thC Christian monk named Sergius; there was a Christian bishop in China before there was one in Britain #SilkRoads. On display ⁦@britishlibrary⁩ #SilkRoadsOasis exhibition
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Reminder that my bӏυesκy is cryptidrobin.bsky.social. (Also Elon Musk is an insufferable egotistical manchild)
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Cool story posted to my YouTube channel
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Brand-new on ShukerNature - a former foxy friend? karlshuker.blogspot.com/2024…
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A scattering of fossilized Crinoid segments and Bryozons like a spilled watchmakers toolbox. County Donegal, Ireland.
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This is a great example of how we tend to misunderstand "religion" as some "additional" program which was formerly placed atop our lives and which is now absent, leaving us with "secular" culture. But the line between "religious" and "secular" life is basically a Western conceit
Replying to @blaumagie
Can be true for agricultural cultures too!
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I gave Rosie a stuffed sock, which he promptly fell in love with, and they had (fake) eggs, which he lovingly cares for
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its very cool that youtube is the largest collection of video footage ever assembled and it's borderline impossible to search. rocking up to the library of alexandria and the guy keeps showing you the same three scrolls and standing in your way if you try to look at anything else
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I could stare at this album cover forever. It looks so cool. The album is 輪廻交響楽 by Geinoh Yamashirogumi, who apparently also made the Akira soundtrack.
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I can’t pick favourites. But the first five books I thought of were On The Track Of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans, Still In Search of Prehistoric Survivors by Karl Shuker, Strange Creatures Seldom Seen by John Warms, and Mystery Creatures Of China by David Xu.
What's your favorite book(s) about cryptozoology?
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For bigfoot stuff, Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum is an obvious one. But anything by John Green or John Bindernagel are good picks too.
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I’m not religious, but wouldn’t the joke make more sense if you said Christianity? Specifying Catholicism implies they’re the only sect that uses the cross symbol. I’ve noticed that if people my age joke about Christianity, they often say Catholicism specifically for some reason.
The concept of warding off vampires with crosses is so interesting to me. I wonder if it applies to any other religion or if they're allergic to just catholicism
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Also I am not saying you’re not allowed to joke about Christianity or something, nor am I saying Christians are bad or something. The joke is funny. I just have noticed this odd trend with wording.
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Ignore cryptids at your own risk
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modern animals being mimics of extinct ones is definitely, undeniably the best paleoart trope
I find it amusing that the giant anteater is known as "oso hormiguero" (ant bear) in Spanish, when perhaps it should be called "hormiguero oso" (bear anteater), cause, just look at it! Arctotherium mimic? :B
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ARCHAEO CRYPTOZOOLOGY Egyptian Sobekhotep's Tomb fresco shows an asiatic offering of an large bird head. Greek Pausanias describes dangerous birds roaming in the arabian wild lands. Could a real animal, similar to the extinct Arabian Ostrich, be the origin of the griffin mythos?
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