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Three hundred year old pen and ink drawing of a "strange and large" bat.

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New Guinea Bat

In 1699, accompanied by a shipboard artist, William Dampier conducted the first...

Published in 1882 by Yale Professor A.E. Verrill, this is the first scientific illustration of a giant squid.

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First Scientific Illustration of Giant Squid

Published in 1882 by Yale Professor A.E. Verrill, this is the first scientific...

Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.

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From Mermen to Architeuthis, Our Fascination with the Giant Squid

Humans have long been captivated by what we now call the giant squid...

Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:28

Illustration of a giant squid versus a merman.

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Mermen? Sea Monks? Or Giant Squid?

People once thought giant squid (right) were Sea Monks, or mermen (left)—mythical...