Also, I approve of the long-abandoned idea to call pterosaurs griffins. They were obviously warm-blooded and they had hair; they were not mammals, but we would no more call them reptiles if they were still alive than we call mammals and birds reptiles. (That is, only a certain school of biologist would insist on calling pterosaurs, birds, and mammals all reptiles, and also on calling all reptiles fish.)

2. The idea that anything a bunch of people imagine is spontaneously generated flies so much in the face of everything we know about science that cryptozoologists should be really wary of mentioning it. This kind of thing really undermines the attempt to have cryptozoology taken seriously as a scientific effort.

3. It appears that these “monsters from our collective id” never become solid enough to produce more than the fuzzy photographic evidence we have of the Bear-Holding-a-Shark. I suppose that’s a good thing; otherwise we might end up like the Krell.

4. So when can we expect actual sightings of wascally wabbits, or maybe talking, mystery-solving Great Danes?