Humans have observed other animals for hundreds of thousands of years.
Yet research with some of our familiar fellow creatures continues to
reveal unsuspected talents. Two such discoveries reported last month
make the point. They also highlight the fact that evolution has developed
a variety of common traits in a wide range of species.

feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2314 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:09:49 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2277/t/Scientists-Interested-In-Large-Footprint-Discovery.html
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- A retired Cookeville builder has discovered a mysterious set of large footprints on his property.
Video: Large Fossilized Footprint Attracts Attention

Harold Jackson is an amateur archaeologist who enjoys collecting arrowheads and
other Native American artifacts. But the most extraordinary find of his life came
on his property near the Caney Fork... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2277 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:30:21 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2269/t/Shark-Found-in-Lake-Michigan.html
GRAND TRAVERSE BAY, Mich. -- A Traverse City man says he found a dead shark in the
water while fishing in West Grand Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan.

The discovery of a shark in the freshwaters of the Great Lakes is a highly unusual occurance, said officials.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the two foot, juvenile, Blacktip Shark may have been originally caught off the Atlantic coast then kept on ice before being... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2269 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:18:41 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2243/t/Saber-Toothed-Cat-Fossils-Found.html Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 By AP / FABIOLA SANCHEZ



A fossil of a type of saber-toothed cat

(CARACAS, Venezuela) - An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2243 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:44:10 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2234/t/HAS-BIGFOOT-BEEN-FOUND-.html The Bigfoot is claimed to have been found in the woods of northern Georgia by Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, and the claim is being supported by a Bay Area Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi, a multiple local Democratic candidate.

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BIGFOOT BODY... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ShayDLu2) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2234 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:04:25 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2229/t/Video-of-Chupacabra-.html
http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=892a30f1-fc05-4ea3-97a2-0ed21394f6dd
]]> feeds@yuku.com (sassychickabea) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2229 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:02:28 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2202/t/Mystery-animal-washes-up-on-beach-New-York.html Debate is raging over what kind of animal washed ashore at the beach, an animal some are now calling the Montauk Monster.
East Hampton officials say the carcass was found on the sand by some beachgoers in Montauk last week.
The town's natural resources director says it appears to be a raccoon with its lower jaw missing. He says it may have been in the water for up to six days.

feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2202 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:55:33 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2155/t/Fouke-monster-boggy-creek.html feeds@yuku.com (Savannah Smyles) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2155 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:02:58 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2063/t/Minn-City-Sets-Reward-For-Legendary-Creature-.html Netting Or Photographing Legendary Creature - CBS News

(AP) Some in eastern Minnesota say there's a large, serpentlike creature living in the Mississippi River's Lake Pepin below Maiden Rock. If it exists, it could fatten your bank account.

The Lake City Tourism Bureau has helped set up a $50,000 reward for hooking, netting or capturing the creature on a camera.
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2063 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:12:20 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2038/t/DNA-tests-exonerate-Lizard-Man-in-van-attack.html BISHOPVILLE, S.C. - DNA testing has shown an attack on a family van some blamed on the legendary Lizard Man appears to have been actually done by a domestic dog. Something chewed up the front fender of Bob and Dixie Rawson's van in February. Bite marks were left on the wheel wells and blood was found on the vehicle.

The Item of Sumter reported that a veterinary lab in California tested the blood and found it came from a dog.
But Bob Rawson... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/2038 Sat, 17 May 2008 20:28:25 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1993/t/New-Zealand-scientists-thaw-1-000-pound-squid-corpse.html By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer

46 minutes ago



WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts.


No one has ever seen a living, grown colossal squid in its natural... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1993 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:07:23 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1965/t/Russian-soldiers-find-unknown-creature-.html feeds@yuku.com (MireCredence) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1965 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:08:06 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1926/t/Australian-Nessie-fossils-found.html


Reconstruction of Umoonasaurus demoscyllus showing an adult with crest (top) and juvenile (bottom).
Australia was once home to ancient reptiles that swam in huge icy lakes, fossil evidence suggests.
The large, carnivorous reptiles lived 115 million years ago, during the age of the dinosaurs, when much of the continent was covered in water.

Fossils... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1926 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:39:46 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1904/t/pregnant-man.html Turns out that it's a transgender man who was born a woman. His neighbors weren't aware but I guess they are now that he's pregnant. LOL ]]> feeds@yuku.com (warned) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1904 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:08:06 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1886/t/Which-cryptid-do-you-think-will-be-proven-real-first-.html Which one will be the first one to be officially discovered?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (DaveJuliano) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1886 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:44:45 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1881/t/Giant-marine-life-found-in-Antarctica.html



Giant marine life found in Antarctica By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer

Fri Mar 21, 1:19 PM ET







WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and 2-foot-wide starfish.


... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mysticmerlyn1212) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1881 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:18:24 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1878/t/Destination-Truth.html
Really kind of interesting. But I sometimes wonder when they find something..lol ]]> feeds@yuku.com (debspurpledragon) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1878 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:05:52 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1862/t/The-Mulberry-Black-Thing.html I think it might be a panther.
There's also the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (warned) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1862 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:22:06 GMT http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1855/t/California-IDs-First-Wolverine-in-80-Years.html
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/wolverine-california-47030803?kw=ist

I was actually going to copy paste this one so you didn't have to use the link, but my computer had other ideas, so here's the link lol! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (noobiedoo2) http://theshadowlandsmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/1855 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:30:15 GMT