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Cryptids & Unknown Animals

Unknown-animal reports are tested against zoology, habitat, population viability, physical traces, environmental DNA, folklore and hoaxing.

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No completed investigation is being claimed unless it is linked below. These subjects are a controlled research queue, not pre-decided conclusions.

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PROPOSED INVESTIGATION

Could the thylacine have survived?

Compare habitat, search effort, camera evidence, witness quality, carcass absence and the probability of a hidden breeding population.

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What lives in Loch Ness?

Test sightings against ecology, sonar, environmental DNA, wave effects, known animals and deliberate fabrications.

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Bigfoot trace evidence

Evaluate footprints, hair, audio, photographs, population requirements, habitat and the absence of verified remains.

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BENCHMARK

Animals science really did discover late

Use okapi, coelacanth and giant squid as benchmarks for what genuine zoological discovery leaves behind.

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