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Another notable book on the subject is Willy Ley's Exotic Zoology ( 1959 ).

Ley was best known for his writings on rocketry and related topics, but he was trained in paleontology, and wrote a number of books about animals.

Ley's collection Exotic Zoology is of some interest to cryptozoology, as he discusses the Yeti and sea serpents, as well as relict dinosaurs.

The book entertains the possibility that some legendary creatures ( like the sirrush, the unicorn or the cyclops ) might be based on actual animals, through misinterpretation of the animals and / or their remains.

Also notable is the work of British zoologist and cryptozoologist Karl Shuker, who has published 12 books and countless articles on numerous cryptozoological subjects since the mid-1980s.

Loren Coleman, a modern popularizer of cryptozoology, has chronicled the history and personalities of cryptozoology in his books.