Monsterology Yeti

There is a popular series of books for kids called Ologies. There's Dragonology, Wizardology, Pirateology, Mythology, and Spyology. I would have totally gone ga-ga happy over these as a child. These were my absolute favorite subjects back then (okay still are). I should have been born 8 years ago; I would be in hog heaven right now with the amount of fantasy books that are out. Where were all these fantasy books when I was a kid and didn't enjoy reading anything because there was nothing out there to enjoy? In my day, the closest we got to Harry Potter was a lame choose-your-own adventure book about a cave with maybe a dragon in it... and that was only if you chose to go there!. Oops! I never made it to pg. 32. No dragon for you!!

But I digress.

The most recent Ology book, Monsterology has a section about the yeti, and here's a scan of the lovely illustration:



Some interesting, previously unknown information about the yeti is divulged:

Yeti's scientific name is Ursus saxum.

This means 'Rock Bear' in Latin. This actually makes sense considering that the word yeti is believed to be derived from the Tibetan word for "rock bear".

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"It is disputed whether these denizens of the Himalayas are descended from bears or apes."

I had no idea anyone had ever disputed this.

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"Hair colour changes from brown in summer to pure white in winter."

Ah-ha! That explains why we see both brown and white yetis!

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"Forms of attack: Teeth, claws; crushing with arms."

Well, this is old news really. I just like the way they put it. And yeah, I would have added staves to the list, but that's just me.

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And the most revelatory:

"Female yetis can only be distinguished from the males by their habit of twisting their whiskers into elaborate curls."


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AMAZING the amount of new information Monsterology has unveiled for the field of Fictional Yeti Scholarship.