#seamonk

Image 2: Japetus Steenstrup's comparison of a common squid, ca. 1854. From Wikimedia Commons.

S is for Sea Monk! A rare sea creature caught off the coast the coast of Zealand (not New Zealand just regular old Zealand) in 1546. . . . . . #drawlloween2020 #cryptid #cryptozoology #seamonk #artistontumblr #artistsoninstagram #babcakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CGvHfPgDXyS/?igshid=fgjha6efsljq

Who's behind the door? Beware the #SeaMonk #ANGRYCLOUD + @bkayallday #austin #atx #texas #streetart #streetartaustin #streetartsatx #austinstreetart #atxstreetart #art #drawing #painting #door #wheatpaste #artistsoninstagram #character #creature (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPzK785F6qV/?utm_medium=tumblr

In 1546, the Sea Monk/Sea Bishop was found off of the coast of New Zealand. Their name stems from the fact that they look like a monk, and in some cases, was thought to be a merman. The creature is mentioned in a lot of art and literary works. Recent studies have suggested that it is instead an angel shark.

Inktober Day 15-18: Cetus, a finwife, a grindylow and seamonks

The Sea Monk, or sometimes Sea Bishop, was the name given to a sea animal found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546. It has also been sighted by two fishermen and some nearby swimmers in Pula, Croatia in the year 2011 and is one of the more popular sightings of the cryptid in the Adriatic sea. It was described as a "fish" that looked superficially like a monk. It was mentioned and pictured in the fourth volume of Conrad Gesner's famous Historia Animalium. Gesner also referenced a similar monster found in the Firth of Forth, according to Boethius, and a sighting off the coast of Poland in 1531. The sea monk was subsequently popularized in Guillaume du Bartas's epic poem La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde, where the poet speaks of correspondences between land and sea. Learn more at the University of Cryptozoology #seamonk #seacreatures #cryptids #cryptozoology #UofCZ #staycurious #cryptozoologyuniversity #paranormal #creepy #giantbeast #nativelore #seamonster (at Pula, Croatia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwQa0rlFQB6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a80dup2zc0ff

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Day 3. Cryptid .I decided to do the Sea Monk.Found in 1546 off the coast of the Danish Island of New Zealand.Turned out it was probably just an angelshark. #cryptid #mabsdrawlloweenclub #seamonk #drawloween #inktober https://www.instagram.com/p/Bodq_jPhNqF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n6r8ulvaqp84