2. Cryptozoology (from Greek κρυπτός, kryptos, "hidden"
+ zoology; literally, "study of hidden animals") refers to the
search for animals which are considered to be Legendary or
otherwise nonexistent by mainstream biology.This
includes looking for living examples of animals which are
extinct, such as dinosaurs; animals whose existence lacks
physical support but which appear in myths, legends, or are
reported, such as bigfoot and chupacabra ; and wild
animals dramatically outside of their normal geographic
ranges, such as phantom cats or "ABCs" (an initialism
commonly used by cryptozoologists that stands for Alien
Big Cats)
3. The word cryptozoology is often attributed to
Bernard Heuvelmans (1916-2001), a noted
zoologist and past president of the International
Society of Cryptozoology (the ISC, now defunct).
However, in his book “In the Wake of Sea
Serpents”, Heuvelmans credits the word to
Scottish explorer Ivan T. Sanderson
(1911-1973).
"When he [Sanderson] was still a student he
invented the word 'cryptozoology', or the science of
hidden animals, which I was to coin later, quite
unaware that he had already done so."
4.
5. Two okapis grazing in the
rainforest. The Okapi was
dismissed by zoologists
until it was proven to exist in
1901
