7 Real Animals Mistaken for Cryptids

Some cryptids, once thought to be myths, against all odds turned out to be real animals. Here are seven of the most incredible.
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The word ‘Cryptid’ refers to any entity whose existence has yet to be documented outside of legends and myths — like… the Loch Ness Monster. But believe it or not, many real animals you might recognize today were once cryptids themselves, thought to exist only in folklore.

As humankind has explored more and more remote parts of our planet’s surface, increasingly fantastical organisms have been discovered. So, for this entry into the archives, we’re going to catalogue seven real animals once upon a time thought to be cryptids.

0:00 Intro
0:37 Giant Squid
1:49 Oarfish
2:48 Komodo Dragon
3:36 Manatee
4:17 Mountain Gorilla
5:13 Platypus
5:50 Venus Fly Trap
6:33 Outro

Academic Sources:

Giant Squid History - Australian Geographic: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2021/08/the-giant-squid-a-short-history/
Oarfish History - Grace Costantino: https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2014/10/the-quest-for-sea-serpent-oarfish-or.html
Komodo Dragon History - Hanneke Meijer: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/may/17/here-be-dragons-the-million-year-journey-of-the-komodo-dragon
Manatee History - Caty Fairclough: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/marine-mammals/mermaids-manatees-myth-and-reality
Mountain Gorilla Monster History - Boyce Rensberger: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1977/12/25/the-myth-of-the-ferocious-gorilla/e9ed89f2-8e19-4164-bef2-ea5cd9dd947c/
Platypus Discovery - Abby Ohlheiser: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/01/the-platypus-is-so-weird-that-scientists-thought-the-first-specimen-was-a-hoax/
Venus Fly Trap History - The Parliament of Things: https://theparliamentofthings.org/book-articles/the-plants/

Footage Credit:

Oarfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xWaQ5E07yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yIWfCAC5y0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzW5Jx3fybM
Giant Squid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXkUrhclcc

Venus fly trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYMYxw4Llow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqNQxKxQdsU

Thumbnail
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nordelch/14013315296

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