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BEASTS OF AN ALTERNATE CREATION
October 21, 2022 10:00pm

 

Ask Dr Hal
BEASTS OF AN ALTERNATE CREATION
OR, A MYTHOLOGICAL MENAGERIE, though by no means a comprehensive one. The biology and habits of the Griffin (Falco leonis serpentis), Aramaspians, Monopods, Hippogriffs, Physeters, Scolopendrae, Satyrs, Centaurs, Fauns, Sirens, Lamiae, Wood Nymphs and Naiads (with insights derived from recent personal experiences with these latter beings in which Fate seemed to cast me in the role of Silenus)-- all may be found here. Works of ancient Naturalists and other authors. How saintly was St. George? (Not very.) In addition to Pedantry, Poetry-- from Clark Ashton Smith, Tolkien, Thomas Hardy and others. We take a call from a Listener. Il Penseroso performed in its entirety. The Great Sea Serpent, with local and personal connections. The world's largest free-roaming arthropod and its habit of pushing the tops off trash cans to feed on the contents (it's big). Ball's Pyramid Island in the Tasman Sea, and the giant Phasmid insects, thought extinct, found there by explorers. Their reintroduction on nearby Lord Howe Island. Archival Material liberally also featured-- the live Ask Dr. Hal! Show of yore. Not a dialogue, but necessarily a monologue. We have plenty more where all this comes from. Three hours.


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