Karl Shuker

Karl PN Shuker ( born 1959 ) is a British zoologist.

Life and work

He studied zoology at the University of Leeds and zoology plus physiology at the University of Birmingham. He is a member of the Zoological Society of London, the Royal Entomological Society of London and the British Union of Writers. Shuker has published thirteen books; He is also a consultant for the Guinness Book of World Records.

In his writings and research Shuker was the first cryptozoologist, who wrote about cryptids that were little known before, such as the Gambian sea monster Gambo, the Waheela from the Canadian Arctic, the Mongolian "death worm" Allghoi khorkhoi and many others, including scientifically described animals such as the squid genus Magnapinna from which no adult specimen was still trapped. He is also the zoological consultant for the Guinness World Records. One type of corset animals ( Loricifera ) Pliciloricus shukeri, was named after him in 2005.

Shuker is a freelance full-time author and consultant, often occurs in radio and television.

  • Mystery Cats of the World (1989 )
  • Extraordinary Animals Worldwide ( 1991)
  • Dragons: A Natural History (1995); dDeutsch dragon. Mythology, symbolism, history (2006)
  • In Search of Prehistoric Survivors (1995 )
  • The Unexplained, (1996); German World Atlas of puzzling phenomena (2001)
  • From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings (1997)
  • Mysteries of Planet Earth ( 1999)
  • The Hidden Powers of Animals (2001)
  • The New Zoo: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century (2002)
  • The Beasts That Hide From Man ( 2003)
  • Extraordinary Animals Revisited (2007)
  • Dr Shuker 's Casebook (2008)
  • Cats of Magic, Mythology and Mystery (2012 )

Consultant

  • Man and Beast (1993 )
  • Secrets of the Natural World ( 1993)
  • Almanac of the Uncanny (1995 )
  • The Guinness Book of Records / Guinness World Records (since 1997)
  • Mysteries of the Deep ( 1998)
  • Guinness Amazing Future ( 1999)
  • The Earth (2000)
  • Monsters ( 2001)
  • Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained (2007)
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