Everything about Karl Shuker totally explained
Dr. Karl P. N. Shuker (born
1959) is a
British zoologist living in the
West Midlands,
England. He is currently working as a full-time freelance zoological consultant, media consultant, and author, specializing in
cryptozoology, for which he's internationally renowned. During the course of his continuing researches and writings, he regularly travels worldwide, and also appears frequently on television and radio.
Academic
Shuker has a BSc/Honours in pure
zoology from the
University of Leeds and a PhD in zoology and comparative physiology from the
University of Birmingham.
He is a Scientific Fellow of the
Zoological Society of London, a Fellow of the
Royal Entomological Society, a Member of the International Society of Cryptozoology and a member of the
Society of Authors
Career
Shuker has authored many hundreds of articles, and twelve books, including the cryptozoological works
Mystery Cats of the World (1989),
The Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the 20th Century (1993; expanded in 2002 as
The New Zoo), and
In Search of Prehistoric Survivors (1995), as well as two worldwide bestsellers -
Dragons: A Natural History (1995; resissued in 2006), and
The Unexplained (1996; reissued in 2002). During his writings and researches, Shuker has been the first cryptozoologist to bring to widespread public attention a considerable number of cryptids that were previously little-known. These include the Sri Lankan horned jackal and
devil bird,
Gambo the Gambian sea serpent, Goodenough Island mystery bird, New Guinea
ropen and devil pig or
gazeka, Scottish earth hound, Indonesian
veo and horned cat, New Caledonian
du, Irish
dobhar-chú, Shatt al Arab venomous mystery fish, Zanzibar makalala, Ethiopian death bird, Zululand kondlo, Arctic North American
waheela,
Kellas cat,
Mongolian Death Worm, Hungarian reedwolf, Fujian blue or
Maltese tiger, Welsh cenaprugwirion,
bigfin squid, St Helena sirenian, Timor Sea ground shark, and crowing crested cobra.
Aside from his own publications, Dr. Shuker pens two regular cryptozoological columns ('Alien Zoo' and 'The Lost Ark') in
Fortean Times, is a contributing editor and cryptozoological columnist for
Strange Magazine, is a regular contributor to
Fate and related publications. In addition, he's the zoological consultant for the
Guinness World Records.
He has acted as a consultant for several television specials and series too, including Discovery TV's
Into the Unknown. He has also served as a question setter for the BBC's quiz show
Mastermind.
Trivia
In November 2001, Shuker became a £250,000 prize winner on the British version of
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
In 2005, Shuker was honoured by the naming of a new species of
Loricifera after him,
Pliciloricus shukeri, a highly distinctive species characterised by possessing a unique secondary double organ.
Books
- Mystery Cats of the World (1989), Robert Hale, ISBN 0-7090-3706-6
- Extraordinary Animals Worldwide (1991), Robert Hale, ISBN 0-7090-4421-6
- The Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the 20th Century (1993), HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-219943-2
- Dragons - A Natural History (1995), Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-81443-9; republished (2006), Taschen
- In Search of Prehistoric Survivors (1995), Blandford, ISBN 0-7137-2469-2
- The Unexplained (1996), Carlton Books, ISBN 1-85868-186-3
- From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings (1997), Llewellyn, ISBN 1-56718-673-4
- Mysteries of Planet Earth (1999), Carlton Books, ISBN 1-85868-679-2
- The Hidden Powers of Animals, (2001), Reader's Digest, ISBN 0-7621-0328-0
- The New Zoo: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century (2002), House of Stratus, ISBN 1-84232-561-2
- The Beasts That Hide From Man (2003), Paraview, ISBN 1-931044-64-3
- Extraordinary Animals Revisited (2007) CFZ Press, ISBN 1-905723-17-1
Consultant/Contributor
Man and Beast (1993)
Secrets of the Natural World (1993)
Almanac of the Uncanny (1995)
The Guinness Book of Records/Guinness World Records (1997-Present Day)
Mysteries of the Deep (1998)
Guinness Amazing Future (1999)
The Earth (2000)
Monsters (2001)
Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained (2007)Further Information
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