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Killer 'Hybrid Mutant' creature found dead in Maine mongabay.com August 16, 2006 The Associated Press is reporting the discovery of a strange 'Hybrid Mutant' creature in Maine.
The creature had been blamed for a series of attacks on dogs and was the subject of local legend. The Sun Journal of Lewiston quoted a Michelle O'Donnell of Turner, Maine, who had recently spotted the animal before it was killed. "It was evil, evil looking. And it had a horrible stench I will never forget," she told the paper. "We locked eyes for a few seconds and then it took off. I've lived in Maine my whole life and I've never seen anything like it." The paper indicated that the carcass was photographed and inspected by several local people but no one could identify it. Theories ranged from an escaped hyena or dingo to a hybrid between a coyote and a wild dog. UPDATE: The Associated Press reported Thursday that Loren Coleman, a Portland author and cryptozoologist, examined the beast and believed it was a feral dog. State wildlife biologists and local animal control officers did not examine the animal. A feral animal is one that has escaped from domestication and returned to its wild state. Picture courtesy of the Associated Press. Warning: these pictures are graphic  
In search of Bigfoot, scientists may uncover unknown biodiversity in Malaysia Malaysian scientists are scouring the rainforests of Johor state in search of the legendary ape-man Bigfoot, supposedly sighted late last year. But they are more likely to encounter some less fantastic but unique creatures that dwell in these still unexplored ecosystems. New fox species discovered in jungle of Borneo Scientists may have discovered a new species of fox-like mammal in the rainforests of Borneo. The animal was caught on film by an automatic infra-red camera positioned in the forest of the Kayam Menterong National Park in the Indonesian section of the island during a survey by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
In the dry deciduous forests of south western Madagascar there lives a lemur that loudly cusses but "dances" like a ballet performer. Verreaux's sifaka is among the most popular of lemur species, a group of primates endemic to islands off the southeastern coast of Africa. While threatened, Verreaux's sifaka is easily spotted in several of Madagascar's more accessible parks Newly discovered rodent not so new or rare after all The newly discovered species of rodent found in a marketplace in Central Laos turns out to not be so new or so rare after all. The Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus), as the long-whiskered and stubby-legged rodent is now known, is a species believed to have been extinct for 11 million years. It is a member of a family that, until now, was only known from the fossil record. Color-changing chameleon snake discovered in jungles of Borneo Scientists discovered a species of snake capable of changing colors. The snake, called the Kapuas mud snake, resides in the rainforest on the island of Borneo, an ecosystem that is increasingly threatened by logging and agricultural development. 3 new lemurs named in Madagascar To recognize an internationally renowned primatologist and champion of Madagascar's unique biodiversity, scientists who discovered three new species of mouse lemur on the island nation have named one in honor of Russell A. Mittermeier, the president of Conservation International. New monkey is most unique since swamp monkey in 1923 A new monkey species discovered last year by scientists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and other groups is now shown to be so unique, it requires a new genus â€" the first one for monkeys in 83 years, according to a study published in this week's Science. But conservationists warn that quick action is needed to protect the monkey's high-altitude forest home from illegal logging and hunting, or the species may soon vanish. Millions of species waiting to be discovered While Planet Earth is becoming an increasingly smaller and more familiar world as every corner is explored and colonized, there remain millions of species undiscovered and undocumented. A number of significant species have been discovered in recent months, revealing humans' huge gaps in knowledge of the world around them. As the natural world struggles to adjust to ever-encroaching development, Mother Nature continues to surprise with her miraculous secrets. Some of these newly exposed creatures include the Golden Palace Titi monkey in Bolivia, a reported fox in Indonesia, a "vampire fish" in the Amazon and a re-discovery of a thought-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States. 20,000 new species of animals discovered in 2005 The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature expects that more than 20,000 species will be described by zoologists in 2005. This year's discoveries include four species of lemurs from the island of Madagascar, a monkey from Tanzania, an odd-ball rodent from Vietnam, a parasitic ‘vampire fish' from the Amazon. Scientists search for Mongolian Death Worm A group of English scientists are spending a month in the Gobi desert in search of the Mongolian Death Worm, a fabled creature said to lurk in the sands of the hostile region. The three to five feet long long creature is known to the locals as Allghoi khorkhoi, Mongolian for intestine worm because it is reported to look like the intestine of a cow. Mongolian nomads have made extraordinary claims about the animal, reporting that the death worm can spit a corrosive yellow saliva that acts like acid and that they have the ability to generate blasts of electricity powerful enough to kill a full grown camel. News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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