January 16, 2012

'Mythological Wildlife' in Museum Display

Dan Vergano, USA Today


Bill Willers/Wiki Commons

A centaur and a cyclops, a griffin and a unicorn — and their bones — not the usual stuff of science exhibits.

All the same, the bones of the "Centaur of Tymfi" stands proudly on display at Tucson's International Wildlife Museum in a just-opened exhibit. Nearby is the skull of a "griffin," a legendary flying lion with an eagle's skull, and the noggin of a "cyclops," the one-eyed giant of Greek myth. Taking center stage is the centaur, designed by sculptor and zoologist Bill Willers of the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

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TAGGED: cryptozoology, myths