Comments on: MonsterQuest IV ~ 2010

By: mfs

mfs — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:47:29 +0000

MQ must be running out of cryptids to search for. I’ve had my fill of Great Whites on “Shark Week”, “Mythtbusters” and “Survivorman” just to name a few. Of course the supposedly long extinct Megalodon showing up would prove to be very interesting. “Mothman” and “Hillbilly Beast” should be worth watching. Anyway I hope 2010 turns out be decent year for cryptid investigations. Happy New Year everyone!

By: coelacanth1938

coelacanth1938 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:29:08 +0000

How about some of the smaller critters or lesser well known ones like Vietnamese Bat People or killer mermaids or even the Seattle Kangahippomouse?
I swear, sharks and giant snakes are going to do to Monsterquest what too many UFO episodes did to the X-Files.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:25:37 +0000

Looking forward to MQ in 2010—but I have to agree with AREWETHEREYETI (And I agree—Great Name)—I’ve never heard of “Giant” Africanized Bees—must have missed my radar and other people’s. The Sharks episode also sounds like something more appropriate to Animal Planet than MQ. So I agree with you there, CRYPTIDCRAZY.
Still—
The Mothman episode is long overdue. More “Fortean” than truly Cryptozoological, but I’m not complaining. The rest sounds Great as well.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:27:37 +0000

He, guess I wasn’t the only one who cringed at the thought of calling a great white shark a ‘monster’. After all we’ve done to those poor fellows, and all we owe to them in terms to keeping a healthy balance in the marine diversity, and we’re still calling a shark a monster, in this space year of 2010?

Yes, I know the Monsterquest folks need to sell their show, but still…

Oh, and I agree that the Mothman episode looks as the most exciting one so far.

PS: and all that hype about the Burmese pythons almost makes me want to wish Jack Black makes a comedy movie about a gang of Mexican traffickers that try to use those big reptiles to move their dope, ‘mary-full-of-grace’ style. Now THAT would be the Homeland Security’s worst nightmare!!

By: MisterMonster

MisterMonster — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:09:23 +0000

The previous snake episode focused on the anaconda in the Amazon and lightly paid attention to the out-of-place pythons in Florida. This newer episode is a spin-off I guess. Their Sharks in Illinois episode was great, but I don’t quite understand the hook for this Great White episode. What’s so unusual about Great whites attacking people. Sounds pretty mundane to me. I’m actually looking forward to the killer bee episode, but I’m also confused by how they are giants.

Finally,the Mothman! Of course yet another Bigfoot episode, but they can be fun too. This sneak peek is frustrating. What “real” cryptids are going to be on this season? Is it more already known animals or will they finally focus on some more obscure cryptids like Lizardman, hibagon, and the ahool?

By: Dr. Strings

Dr. Strings — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:36:36 +0000

It seems like they’re going for some more mundane(relatively speaking) creatures in an effort to get some actual results, as opposed to the wild goose chase that usually leads nowhere.

By: MadeInTheShade

MadeInTheShade — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:43:36 +0000

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t MQ already done an episode about giant snakes? And I’m with arewethereyeti (great username, btew): I haven’t heard anything about “giant killer bees”.

The Mothman episode sounds like it might be interesting, but otherwise, the new season doesn’t do much for me.

By: Cryptidcrazy

Cryptidcrazy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:15:59 +0000

I have to say, I’m a little disappointed. If I wanted to watch a show about sharks, I’d watch Animal Planet. The same goes for the snakes and the bees. Isn’t the snakes episode, re-hashed material anyway? I could swear they already did an episode about pythons in Florida. I am looking very forward to the “Hillbilly Beast” and the “Mothman”. I would just like to see more episodes about true cryptids like Memphre, Isshii, Nahuelito and the Honey Island Swamp Monster. To me, the sharks, bees and snakes are just glorified nature programs.

By: arewethereyeti

arewethereyeti — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:43:22 +0000

Since when did killer bees – more correctly, “Africanized honey bees” – become “Giants?” Everything I’ve read indicates the hybrids, while admittedly more aggressive in the protection of their hives, are nearly indistinguishable, in terms of size, from native bee species.

Guess you can always count on MQ to Supersize the hype…

By: Sordes

Sordes — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:16:20 +0000

I just wanted to add a note about the invasive boids in the Everglades. There is a more and more increasing panicmongering, especially in the internet, that the most common invasive species, burmese pythons and rock pythons, could interbreed and produce giant offspring. Actually this will most probably be not the case. In some interspecific crossbreeds hybrids show heterosis effects which lead to an increased growth, which is for example known from ligers (male lion X tigress). But this is not always the case. Hybrids of donkeys and horses for example generally stay smaller than the parental species, or in the case of tigons (male tiger X lioness) they stay even much smaller than the parental species. Hybrid vigour which results in increased size is actually not that common for crossbreeds at all. In hybrids between rock pythons and burmese pythons this is the case too. Both species were already crossbreed in captivity, and the hybrids stay much smaller than both rock pythons and burmese pythons. Actually this needed only some minutes of research in the internet, so I ask me why so many journalists seems to unable to find this information too. Perhaps they are not willed to find it.