Loren Coleman recently invited the Lewiston Sun Journal into his home in Portland, Maine, allowing us a peek into the marvel that is his International Cryptozoology Museum.
This Dover Demon figurine is one of the gems in his collection. It is based on a strange creature spotted in Massachusetts in 1977, and it was Loren Coleman that coined its name after investigating the sightings. Link: Sun Journal photo piece
pinktentacle.com reports on an unusual find in an Osaka garden....
"When Osaka resident Kana Yamaguchi’s neighbors cut the grass in a nearby field, a number of fleeing insects sought refuge in her flower bed. Among them was an odd pair of grasshopper-like bugs — one pink, one white.
Osaka Museum of Natural History entomologist Itaru Kanazawa identifies them as the larvae of Euconocephalus thunbergi (”kubikirigisu” in Japanese), a close relative of the katydid. While he says it is normal for these insects to change between green and brown to match their surroundings, pink and white are considered abnormal.
Speculation is that the pink is an extreme variation of the brown coloration, and the white specimen is believed to be an albino, though nobody will know for sure until it becomes an adult. Regardless, says Kanazawa, “It is quite rare to find three different colors at the same time.”
This oddity was spotted outside a Seattle office block and has been the subject of some fevered speculation as to what it might be. Most likely explanation is that it's a domestic hairless rat that has either been abandoned or escaped, which is a little sad as it wouldn't survive for long on its own. Link
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