Comments on: New Ugandan Monkey Species

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:19:29 +0000

We need to look for everything from the animal itself to poo parasites if we plan to actually find Bigfoot.

By: Leto

Leto — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:53:31 +0000

Lophocebus ugandae

Would be great if we can get a picture of the new species.

By: kittenz

kittenz — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:15:48 +0000

Some of the “Tennessee Bigfoot Lady’s” photos are of “unknown” lice, supposedly found on Bigfoot hair. To me they look like dog lice though.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:00:04 +0000

Mnynames, I was wondering how fast it would take for Bigfoot to get invited to the party. I think your idea is a very good one! It is very true that some parasites have evolved to specialize on one type of host although I am not an expert on these creatures. That is something that a lot of people examining the evidence might not even think about. If there could be a type of lice or mite found that was not known to associate with the other fauna of the area, and it kept turning up where Bigfoot evidence was, then it would give more weight to the evidence. It would also be hard to fake a totally new type of lice. I think it is a brilliant idea.

By: joppa

joppa — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:53:28 +0000

Or, study the poop for parisites.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:25:06 +0000

OK, guess it’s finally my turn to introduce Sasquatch into a seemingly unrelated thread…my bad.

Anyway, I had a sudden thought. Many species have parasites and what not living on them- by way of example 2 species of lice became extinct the same day as the passenger pigeon, because they lived only on that species. Stay with me now-

Is is possible that the existence of Sasquatch could be inferred if one found unique, previously unknown species of mites, lice, nematodes, etc. in association with known encounter sites or (Even better, and more likely) suspected bedding/nesting materials? Something to keep in mind, anyway…

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:19:46 +0000

Prepare yourselves for the prerequisite reports of newly-discovered ear mites now…

By: Raptorial

Raptorial — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:49:29 +0000

Dang, new species are popping out of our ears these days.