Imaginary Animals
April 25, 2007
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December 22, 2008 at 12:11 pm
[...] by thecompasspoint The flying cats of Borneo – apocryphal? Hyperbole? Fantasy? Jungle legend? Imaginary animals?In response to a request from a professor at The University of Iowa: Here at least is one piece of [...]