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Friendtober/Monstober Owl+Long Limbs
A lot of so called "cryptid" sightings turn out to be misidentified owls. So next time you see eyes shining in the dark, or hear strange noises from the treetops, remember that it's most likely a common owl.

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2020-10-06

Long overdue hatchling page for Hellbaskers.
Self sufficient upon birth, nestlings can be encountered on their own throughout the desert. The lack of the bright colors and horns of adults leads many to misidentify them, leading to unfortunate surprises among exotic pet owners.

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2020-08-28

This catalogue is the product of multiple artists, including prolific aviation artist Richard Wong, and several others identified by their signatures as D.A. Sawyer, B. Spicer (possibly misidentified, letters difficult to make out) and S.G.H.

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2020-08-26

Continuing with my digital art, here is a demon oc of mine. His name is Stolas. In traditional demonology Stolas is depicted as an owl, the mothman was also a misidentified owl, therefore, Stolas is a mothman.
He is 250 cm tall, Chaotic Evil, and collects garbage.

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2020-07-20

Day 5 of - The Ropen, a creature that may be a living pterosaur, a giant bat, a misidentified frigate bird, or even demonic. 😮

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2020-07-06

Someday I'll get around to that post on high-finned sperm whales, and how they're the result of mistranslations, misidentifications, and overall taxonomic confusion.

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2020-06-09

Things that peeve me off
People calling this a beret, short answer it’s not
It’s a scottish tammie, please stop misidentifying it it’s really annoying

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2020-03-30

I've been thinking about making a documentary on cryptozoology. One thing I find interesting is what can be misidentified as a paranormal creature. For instance I'm pretty sure Dogman is a bear with mange, and sea serpents are just whale penises.

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2020-03-13

out swim them speed wise. Also for the question "where do we get these ideas from?" Probably from misidentifying already existing animals, from sightings or fossils.
My favourite example of this is with the elasmotherium spawning the unicorn legend

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2020-02-21

yesterday misidentified a photo of some tall flowers as being people flying kites. or did it?

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2019-11-23

New dinosaur discovered after lying misidentified in university's vaults for over 30 years https://t.co/JpiWPsjD2g

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2019-08-08

Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. https://t.co/EBenp8H2Pt

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2019-07-21

throwback to when I misidentified a bone and it led to an... interesting reconstruction. Read more about how these hips did lie: https://t.co/CXagCLIC9N

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2019-05-18

Junji Ito’s wife is the painter Ayako Ishiguro, who has painted Yon (and the cat in the first tweet misidentified as Yon) many times before.

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2019-02-10

day 13 of is Suillus tridentinus, or the Orange Larch Bolete!
suillus mushrooms are often misidentified as their relatives, boletes, although they are still tasty edible mushrooms. this particular species tends to grow under larch trees up north 🌲

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2018-10-14

Grumpy boy gets misidentified 24/7 so maybe this will help

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2018-05-11

rip Shooting Star, misidentified by over hundreds of people

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2018-03-06

The differences of ducks. A page of Scaups from one of Alfred Crawhall Chapman's on a trip to Holy Island, December 1886, to "prove their changes of plumage". It was important to understand plumage to avoid misidentifying & misclassifying species

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2018-01-30

Famed paleontologist Richard Owen misidentified the Lonchodraco as Pterodactylus in the 1850s. https://t.co/OSK2nC3Mry

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2018-01-03