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Illustrated with black-and-whitelinedrawingsbyOlgaLey includingwondrousstoriesofanimalsfromantiquity,those from myths and legends,and those from the briny deep — Willy Leifs EXOTIC ZOOLOGY Illustratedwithblack-and-white linedrawingsbyOlgaLey TheextremelydiverseinhabitantsofWilly Ley’sextraordinaryzoohaveonethingin common:abouteachofthemthereis,or hasbeen,amystery.Someofthemysteries havebeensolved;inthiscategoryarethose ofthefossil reptileChirotherium, recon- structedfromitsfootprintsalone;andthe commoneel,whosemethodofreproduc- tion and breeding grounds long defied research. Another kind of detection involvestracingthefactualfoundations— sometimesphysical,sometimeslinguistic for various long-lived “myths,” some remarkably well founded—such as the unicorn legend—and others fabulous indeed. Thenthereareother—intriguingmyster- iesthatarestillunsolved the"abominable snowman" ofthe Himalayas; the "great unknownoftheseas,”forwhoseexistence thereisanimpressivebodyofevidence; and the "medium-sized dinosaur,” of Central Africa, that rich repository of curious fauna so like pre-glacial fossils foundinEurope. (Continuedonbackflap) I wr.'s-fOl m <M*> »,»-<* v. WILLY LEY'S EXOTIC ZOOLOGY WILLY LEY'S EXOTIC ZOOLOGY Illustrated bylllgaLey BONANZA BOOKS NEW YORK Copyright©MCMXLI,MCMXLV,MCMXLVIII,MCMLI, MCMLV,MCMLIXbyWillyLey Allrightsreserved. This1987editionispublishedbyBonanzaBooks,distributed byCrownPublishers,Inc.,225ParkAvenueSouth,NewYork, NewYork10003,byarrangementwithVikingPenguin,Inc. Portionsofthetextarederivedfromtheauthor’searlierbooks: TheLungfish,theDodo,andtheUnicorn;DragonsinAmber; SalamandersandOtherWonders. PrintedandBoundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Ley,Willy,1906-1969. WillyLey’sexoticzoology. Reprint.Originallypublished:Exoticzoology.NewYork: VikingPress,1959. I.Livingfossils. 2.Animals,Mythical. 3.Paleontology. I.Title. II.Title:Exoticzoology. QL88.5.L49 1987 591 86-29879 ISBN0-517-62545-8 hgfedcba
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