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Mysterious Monsters

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Walter Dean Myers
About 117 pages (35,150 words)
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Giant Birds Are Not Remnants of the Dinosaur Age

Karl P.N. Shuker

Numerous people in different parts of the world have reported seeing gigantic birds that do not seem to belong to the typical bird species in their areas. Often, witnesses are convinced that these birds are pterodactyls, which scientists say died out with the dinosaurs. Karl P.N. Shuker, author of the following article, argues that the giant bird sightings can be explained by known bird species. The article briefly describes several sightings and Shuker's belief about what witnesses actually saw.

Shuker is a zoologist who has studied ordinary and notso— ordinary animals for the past twenty years. He's the author of several books, including Dragons: A Natural History and In Search of Prehistoric Survivors: Do Giant "Extinct" Creatures Still Exist"

Many cryptozoological publications have included eyewitness accounts of mysterious winged dragon—like beasts reported from Africa and the U.S.A. that resemble living representatives of those familiar flying reptiles from.....

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Mysterious Monsters from Fact or Fiction. ©2001-2006 by Greenhaven Press, Inc., an imprint of The Gale Group. All rights reserved.

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