June 17, 2012

When Turtles Fly

And we have yet another fine post from Dr. Karl Shuker, one that begins in truly eye-opening style:

“How often is it that when pursuing one line of investigation, a second, wholly unrelated but equally interesting one presents itself and is so captivating that to ignore it would be entirely futile? So it was when I began to seek out information concerning a truly extraordinary illustration of supposed flying turtles native to Henan in China, which appeared in German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher’s tome China Illustrata (1667).”

Flying turtles?! Well, read on…

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Punk music fan, Tennents Super and Carlsberg Special Brew beer fan, horror film fan, chocolate fan, like to wear black clothes, like to stay up late. Work as a writer.

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