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Ancestor Spirits and the Rites of the Night Octopus

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

In certain sections of tropical Baro-Kar, the beach-dwelling natives revere the remarkable creature known as the “night octopus,” or in their own tongue, the “mulluk-tuk”.
The night octopus is a small purple cephalopod principally distinguished from its mundane kin by its small air bladder, located on the creature’s dorsal region. This singular gift of Mother Nature [...]

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On the Natural History of the Cymenophtagus

Sunday, April 5, 2009

The cymenophtagus is a large, armored quadruped of great longevity best known for the production of large structures composed of individual rocks. The creatures possess prehensile tongues of great length and strength, used to manipulate boulders and stones into free-standing columns and dolmens of unknown purpose.
Only one zoological park in the west has ever attempted [...]

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