Double rows of fins are alternately placed along the belly
Double rows of fins are alternately placed along the belly
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“It is impossible for any story to read more like a hoax than this, but I had ready means of procuring, through…
“It is impossible for any story to read more like a hoax than this, but I had ready means of procuring, through a friend at Lloyd’s, the information that there is such a ship as the “British Banner”, that she is commanded by Mr
Read record →“Captain Taylor’s Sea-Serpent.--A friend, who has the opportunity of communicating with Melbourne on the…
“Captain Taylor’s Sea-Serpent.--A friend, who has the opportunity of communicating with Melbourne on the subject of the young sea-serpent which Captain Taylor says (Zool
Read record →P., of Whitehall, was sailing in Whitehall Harbour, he saw, following his wake, what appeared to him (from the…
P., of Whitehall, was sailing in Whitehall Harbour, he saw, following his wake, what appeared to him (from the many descriptions he had read of the monster) to be a sea-serpent about twenty five or thirty feet in length; and being in a small boat he endeavoure
Read record →COBBIN of Durban, forwards to the Natal Colonist the following account of a “sea-serpent” seen by him:--“During…
COBBIN of Durban, forwards to the Natal Colonist the following account of a “sea-serpent” seen by him:--“During my last passage from London, I saw no less than three sea-serpents, but an account of the last will suffice
Read record →1720.--(See PONTOPPIDAN.) “THORLACK THORLACKSEN has told me that in 1720 a Sea-Serpent had been shut up a whole…
1720.--(See PONTOPPIDAN.) “THORLACK THORLACKSEN has told me that in 1720 a Sea-Serpent had been shut up a whole week in a little inlet, in which it came with high tide through a narrow entrance of seven or eight fathoms deep, and that eight days afterwards, wh
Read record →It may be that a real sea-serpent remained a week in the inlet
It may be that a real sea-serpent remained a week in the inlet
Read record →The skeleton of the holders corresponds with the legs in the drawing, the margin of the dorsal fin in a putrid…
The skeleton of the holders corresponds with the legs in the drawing, the margin of the dorsal fin in a putrid state with the mane; so that the only errors are in the contortions towards the tail, the length of the fish and the number of the holders, which wer
Read record →Home (afterwards Sir Everard), in which he recklessly sets aside the evidence of the persons who saw and…
Home (afterwards Sir Everard), in which he recklessly sets aside the evidence of the persons who saw and measured the animal in its most entire condition, as to its dimensions of length and thickness; and maintains that it was nothing but a Basking shark (Sela
Read record →“The cranium, which I also very carefully examined, was far too small for that of a Basking shark of even…
“The cranium, which I also very carefully examined, was far too small for that of a Basking shark of even one-fourth the usual length of that species
Read record →I am convinced that this “sea-serpent” was a great calamary
I am convinced that this “sea-serpent” was a great calamary
Read record →“Some time ago the American newspapers were filled with the reports of a sea-serpent which showed itself in the…
“Some time ago the American newspapers were filled with the reports of a sea-serpent which showed itself in the neighbourhood
Read record →“A young sea-serpent.--On Friday, while some fishermen belonging to Usan were at the out-sea fishing, they drew…
“A young sea-serpent.--On Friday, while some fishermen belonging to Usan were at the out-sea fishing, they drew up what appeared to them a young sea-serpent, and lost no time in bringing the young monster to the secretary of our Museum
Read record →The honest fishermen who drew the struggling monster to land are not, however, overscrupulous about the name,…
The honest fishermen who drew the struggling monster to land are not, however, overscrupulous about the name, provided it be attractive enough to extract from the pockets of “ladies and gentlemen 6d.; working people 3d. each”: they therefore boldly announce hi
Read record →“The great Sea-Serpent caught at last, by fourteen fishermen, off Cullercoats, on Monday last, March 26, 1849
“The great Sea-Serpent caught at last, by fourteen fishermen, off Cullercoats, on Monday last, March 26, 1849
Read record →“The Sea-Serpent.--We observe in the Newcastle papers that a strange and hitherto unknown fish, nearly 13 feet…
“The Sea-Serpent.--We observe in the Newcastle papers that a strange and hitherto unknown fish, nearly 13 feet in length, and possessing many of the characteristics which the captain of the Daedalus enumerated in his description of the great Sea-Snake, has rea
Read record →“I have lately received the following account from my brother, Capt
“I have lately received the following account from my brother, Capt
Read record →“Extract from an Officer’s Letter written between the Cape and Madras. You will be surprised to hear that we…
“Extract from an Officer’s Letter written between the Cape and Madras. You will be surprised to hear that we have actually seen the great sea-serpent, about which there has been so much discussion
Read record →1858, July 9.--Another Sea-Serpent.--(Zoologist, 1859, p
1858, July 9.--Another Sea-Serpent.--(Zoologist, 1859, p
Read record →“A sea-serpent in the Bermudas.--I beg to send you the following account of a strange sea-monster captured on…
“A sea-serpent in the Bermudas.--I beg to send you the following account of a strange sea-monster captured on these shores, the animal being, in fact, no less than the great sea-serpent which was described as having been seen by Captain M’Quhae, of H
Read record →“A Baby Sea-Serpent.--From Van Diemen’s Land comes news of the capture of a queer fish
“A Baby Sea-Serpent.--From Van Diemen’s Land comes news of the capture of a queer fish
Read record →Having examined all the descriptions and figures of the Great Sea-Serpent published from 1500 A
Having examined all the descriptions and figures of the Great Sea-Serpent published from 1500 A
Read record →On the same page of the text, OLAUS MAGNUS has figured a sea-serpent in the act of swallowing a man from a…
On the same page of the text, OLAUS MAGNUS has figured a sea-serpent in the act of swallowing a man from a boat, which has just anchored on a rock, wherein the serpent has its hole
Read record →GESNER in his Nomenclator aquatilium animantium, 1560, gives two figures of the sea-serpent of which I give…
GESNER in his Nomenclator aquatilium animantium, 1560, gives two figures of the sea-serpent of which I give facsimiles in Fig
Read record →“On the same Map there is another sea-serpent, a hundred or two hundred feet long (as says the text, or three…
“On the same Map there is another sea-serpent, a hundred or two hundred feet long (as says the text, or three hundred, as states the number added to the figure), which sometimes appears near Norway in fine weather, and is dangerous to Sea-men, as it snatches a
Read record →On the map of Scandinavia subjoined to the work also occurs a figure of the sea-serpent, which we have copied…
On the map of Scandinavia subjoined to the work also occurs a figure of the sea-serpent, which we have copied in our fig
Read record →Az’d; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as…
az’d; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size Titanian, or Earth-born, that war’d on Jove, Briareus, or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held
Read record →“THORLACK THORLACKSEN has told me that in 1720 a sea-serpent had been shut up a whole week in a little inlet,…
“THORLACK THORLACKSEN has told me that in 1720 a sea-serpent had been shut up a whole week in a little inlet, into which it came by high tide through a narrow entrance of seven or eight fathoms deep, and that eight days afterwards, when it had left the inlet,
Read record →It is evident that a true sea-serpent visited the little fjord daily during that week, most probably in its…
It is evident that a true sea-serpent visited the little fjord daily during that week, most probably in its pursuit of fish, for the sea-serpent is sufficiently known to the Norwegians, and if it had been an animal different from the common Norwegian sea-serpe
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Like all known air-breathing sea-animals of those dimensions the animal must of course have had under its skin a relatively thick layer of bacon, and I myself have often seen that the skin of sea-lions and seals wrinkled, when the animal bent its body in such
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Though PONTOPPIDAN did not seem to believe that this animal was his sea-serpent, I am convinced that such was indeed the case, because the whole description is exactly that of the animal
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“Last winter I happened to meet the Royal Commander and Pilot-general at Bergen, Mr
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called Jule-Naess, as I was reading in a book, I heard a kind of murmuring voice from amongst the men at the oars, who were eight in number, and observed that the man at the helm kept off from the land
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VON FERRY’S declaration that the head of the sea-serpent resembled that of a horse, we cannot give another explanation than that it evidently was held at nearly right angles with the neck, that the nostrils were wide opened and large, and that the mane on the
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Here again it is stated that the sea-serpent is only seen in July and August (and PONTOPPIDAN believes that these two months are the pairing-time of the animal), that it only appears in calm weather, and dives under water as soon as the wind rises
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“Like all who are enemies to credulousness I too doubted of the existence of the sea-serpent, when at last my doubt was dispelled by incontestable proofs
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It is remarkable that though EGEDE has nowhere asserted that his animal was a sea-serpent, our learned Bishop seems to have recognized it as such at once, believing, however, it to be another species of the same genus
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The sharks, however, which are also cartilaginous fishes without bones, have such a backbone, but it is very subtile and even in the largest sharks only ten ells long
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There is but one single reason why we think the sea-serpent is a viviparous being, viz
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ARENDT BERNDSEN (Danmarks og Norges frugtbare Herlighed p
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PONTOPPIDAN further tells us that the sea-serpent sometimes encloses ships by laying itself round them in a circle, that the fishermen then row over its body there where a coil is visible, for when they reach the coil, it sinks, while on the contrary the invis
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employed in Missions in the District of Maine, and navigated his own boat among the islands, &c
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“With peculiar pleasure I comply with your request, though the urgency of my affairs must excuse my brevity
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CUMMINGS in his second letter says “it appeared so to us, his real motion might be horizontal”
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“All this evidence, I think, cannot fail to establish the fact that a large sea-serpent has been seen in and near the Bay of Penobscot
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Though the Committee now possessed the long wished-for drawing of the Sea-Serpent, it did not publish it, nor did it state why it did not
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What now are the most interesting parts of this notice?
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of Gloucester, in the County of Essex, shipmaster, depose and say; that I have seen a strange marine animal, that I believe to be a sea-serpent, in the harbour in said Gloucester
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