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Although it can often equal or even exceed the leopard Panthera pardus in overall size, the puma Puma concolor is not a ‘big cat’ in the strict scientific sense – its throat structure, for example, is quite different from that of true big cats (i.e. belonging to the genus Panthera). It is particularly surprising, therefore, that successful matings between pumas and some of the Panthera species have occurred – the resulting hybrids thereby being intergeneric rather than merely interspecific.

Read: Pumapards and Lepumas – Unusual Feline Hybrids of Hagenbeck »

He was claimed to be the most photographed animal of all time (even appearing on the front cover of dance music duo Basement Jaxx’s album Rooty), and he was indisputably one of the animal kingdom’s greatest, most readily recognisable icons. He died 10 years ago this week. So here is my tribute to Little Snowflake […]

Read: Farewell, Little Snowflake – Ten Years On, My Tribute To The World’s Only White Gorilla »

Largest of today’s living tapir species, and the only one that is native to the Old World, the Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus is further distinguished by its striking ‘saddle’ of white, encompassing much of its torso and haunches. In total contrast, its four New World relatives are all uniformly dark. Naturally, therefore, zoologists were nonplussed when one of the adult Malayan tapirs sent to Rotterdam Zoo in spring 1924 from Sumatra proved to be entirely black, with no saddle.

Read: Brevet’s Black Malayan Tapir – A Forgotten Asian Mystery Beast Resurrected »

With almost 900,000 hits since I uploaded it on 12 June 2012, by far the most popular of all of my 300+ ShukerNature posts is my exposure of three online black lion photographs as computer-modified fakes (click here). In that same post, I also included some information concerning various alleged sightings in the wild of […]

Read: A Hitherto-Unseen Photo of Ranger, Scotland’s (Nearly) Black Lion »

#Books @CryptoLoren

The Complete Bibliography. Wikipedia does not have the full list. Here’s my attempt.

Read: Cryptozoologist, Fortean, Social Scientist, Museum Director Loren Coleman: A Complete Book List »

In German, it is still called the Hyänenhund.

Read: Update: Painted Hunting Dog Pack Killed Two-Year-Old, Not Fall; Identity Released »

#EscapedAnimal
#NotCryptid

Read: Animals Do Escape: German Tiger Did, Killed Zookeeper, and Got Killed »

#AnimalAttacks #Cryptozoology
The human came out the worse in this encounter, at a zoo named after a figure important in the history of cryptozoology.

Read: Attack of the Giant Otter »

This year, 2012, is the 100th anniversary of the discovery of this lizard.

Read: Florida’s First Komodo Dragon Dies »

Bob Wagner has died. Image.

Read: Nation’s Top Zookeeper Dies »

Does injecting snake venom make you live longer? Images.

Read: Serpentarium’s Hasst, 100, Has Died »

Most ancient sources say that Cleopatra and her two attendants died by suicide by being bitten by one of these snakes.

Read: Egyptian Cobra Escapes From Bronx Zoo »

In response to a reader, here is a list of contributions. Cover images.

Read: Anthology Articles »

Fluffy was a a gigantic reticulated python. Images.

Read: World’s Longest Captive Snake Dies »

Here is the way this story is being reported today in the Indian media. With some historical context. Images.

Read: Sighting of Brown & White Panda »