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Irony: Several historical figures throughout history in the series are implied to have been vampires. Despite all his brutality and sheer depravity, Vlad the Impaler was not one of them. We discover recommendations for the best books to read in all sorts of places, whether it’s our bookworm friends, a Saturday morning spent browsing our favourite bookshop, the Richard & Judy Book Club, a new book-to-screen adaptation, or BookTok! The authors we find, the books we fall in love with and even the genres that we immerse ourselves in all have an impact and accompany us through life. Treasure Map: Lubber finds one to Arabella Drummond's treasure in the beginning of Pirateology, but with a vital piece missing, it's basically useless. The piece Lubber recovers before his death from the marooned member of Drummond's crew is stored in the hidden cache of the journal's last envelope, and the coded message reveals the treasure to be hidden in the northwest corner of the Krakatoa Island which was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1883.
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Day by day lessons on Monsterology
In Dinosaurology, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World was actually based off of the expedition of Percy Fawcett, the explorer who discovered Yannapalu. Gorgons don't petrify victims; instead, they use a hypnotic gaze to hold them in place while their snakelike head tendrils spray them with poison. Endangered Species: Dragons, phoenixes especially (allegedly, the phoenix is so rare that only one is believed to still be alive and its location is a closely guarded secret).
Fur Against Fang: Vampires have killed werewolves in the past, prompting the lycanthropes to become vampire-hunters in retaliation.Eastern dragons are split between the five-toed Chinese long and the four-toed Korean yong, Japanese ryu and an Indonesian subspecies. Tibetan dragons are a separate, but physically similar, species adapted for mountain life.
Steampunk: Some of the books go into it, but Illusionology (set in 1915) takes the cake, having lots of gear imagery and motifs on it, as well as discussing early electric technology and automatons. Pirate Parrot: In the finale of Pirateology, the rescued castaway’s pet parrot flies over to Drummond’s pirate ship. Anachronism Stew: Played with in Dinosaurology; the dinosaurs themselves should probably not be coexisting the way they do. However, the book makes sure to avoid having any of the explorers show knowledge of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals that were not recognized by science before the year the book takes place, although the explorers were able to identify Velociraptor and " Anatotitan" (now Edmontosaurus) despite them not being recognized by science at that time. Strangely, Deinonychus was (properly) described as a creature the likes of which had never been seen before, despite being nearly identical to Velociraptor. Western dragons are split between three subspecies — the common European kind (which in artwork is shown as either the usual quadrupeds or as theropod-like bipeds), which live in mountain caves and hoard gold and gems; the smaller gargouilles, adapted for life as arboreal ambush predators but equally at home perching on high buildings; and the arctic dragons, always shown as quadrupeds, who migrate yearly between the North and South poles and breathe ice.Our Manticores Are Spinier: Lions with human heads, three rows of teeth and scorpion tails that can shoot poisonous, invisible barbs, evolved ia convergnent evolution. Pegasus: Winged horses are native to the eastern Mediterranean, can be used as steeds and are a favorite food of griffins. All of the dragons are classified in the genus Draco. This is a real genus, and it is occupied by several species of gliding lizard from southeast Asia. Because the dragons in the books are look nothing like that lizard, they cannot be members of that genus.
Kit, Borys (June 13, 2008). "Universal acquires 'Dragonology' rights". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008 . Retrieved August 6, 2016. Flying Dutchman: This interpretation of the Dutchman isn't cursed to sail the seas. The only reason it does so is because the sailors don't even know they're dead. Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Yetis are mentioned in Dragonology as a type of mountain apes preyed upon by Tibetan dragons. Both yetis and sasquatches appear in Monsterology, where it states it is unknown if they are bears or apes and are named Ursus saxum and Ursus sasquatchium, more leaning towards bears. The yeti's illustration shows it as a bipedal hominid ape anyway. Monsterology also mentions some of their relatives which includes the Yowie of Australia, the Yeren of China and the Almas of Mongolia. Dr Drake has also published a mini-volume on the same subject called "Working With Monsters : A Course In Monsterology" Best of all, Monsterology closes with a message on proper conduct for aspiring monsterologists and the importance of conservation.
Magic Wand: There is a section of Wizardology that details these among other wizard tools, claiming that the type of magic a wand is good for depends on what sort of wood you use. Feathered Serpent: The Mexican Amphithere in Dragonology. It's thought to be the basis for the deity Quetzalcoatl of Aztec Mythology.
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