tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post6552374345261803308..comments2023-07-15T05:32:20.508-07:00Comments on Frontiers of Zoology: "The Piasa Bird" and MishipizhiwsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-51083893193707239782013-08-22T12:06:33.881-07:002013-08-22T12:06:33.881-07:00Since we are talking about a SWIMMINING ANIMAL ONL...Since we are talking about a SWIMMINING ANIMAL ONLY MISTAKENLY STATED TO BE A FLYING ANIMAL, I would say your question is extremely poorly chosen for this topic and would be better suited to add someplace else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-51750573268881451572013-08-22T12:04:19.068-07:002013-08-22T12:04:19.068-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-29019004128877913362013-08-22T10:44:15.914-07:002013-08-22T10:44:15.914-07:00Isn't it hard trying to tell the size of an ob...Isn't it hard trying to tell the size of an object while it is flying?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904394883991936726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-22480580280118192122012-12-07T11:12:50.662-08:002012-12-07T11:12:50.662-08:00Lots of things turn up on maps in that area, inclu...Lots of things turn up on maps in that area, including fair depictions of "Master-Otters" but also some pretty good Plesiosaurs and Mosasaurs and even what look to be flightless swimming birds. Its sometimes hard to say how accurate they were since the artistic convention was also to dress up whales and dolphins as if they were sturgons, and certainly the common people that dealt with whales and dolphins knew better than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-49998524485302044972012-12-07T09:55:23.020-08:002012-12-07T09:55:23.020-08:00Dale - Are you familiar with the images of dragons...Dale - Are you familiar with the images of dragons-sea serpents/monsters in the ocean areas on 14th to 16th century maps. If so, I would like to get your opinion on a photo of such a 15th century dragon. Best, Rodney rodney@usselect.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-39761028292089847462011-07-06T18:43:15.661-07:002011-07-06T18:43:15.661-07:00The idea I have is that the "Horns" of t...The idea I have is that the "Horns" of the Mishipizhou are once again the pointed and perked-up ears of the Master-Otter, but some of the representations make them out to be either forked or fully-developed antlers. It is possible that there was the confusion with swimming deer/moose in older days as well, but I still think that would not have come so much from the habitual <em>hunters</em> of the moose.<br /> There is another possible confusion with the "Great Horned Alligators" of the South, which are Mark Hall's '"Horrors" From the Mesozoic' That shall once again have to be a separate discussion for another time.<br /><br />Best Wishes, Dale D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com