Woodcut of "the animal Thanacth" from Des Monstres et prodiges by Ambroise Paré, 1573. Des Monstres is filled with unsubstantiated accounts of sea devils, marine sows, and monstrous animals with human faces. With its extensive discussion of reproduction a
Woodcut of "the animal Thanacth" from Des Monstres et prodiges by Ambroise Paré, 1573. Des Monstres is filled with unsubstantiated accounts of sea devils, marine sows, and monstrous animals with human faces. With its extensive discussion of reproduction and illustrations of birth defects, the book invited accusations of pornography. The Thanacth is a black primate creature sighted by the European travellers of the 16th century. It had the features of a tiger with black fur and no tail. Its head was that of a human with frizzled hair around the face. It had human like hands with the feet of a tiger. Some saw this creature in India while others report it living in the Middle East. Some Indians caught this beast and took it to the Red Sea where it was documented by Andre Thevet. Some say that is was a slow loris (a marsupial common in north east India) or perhaps a large lemur tail-less (from Madagascar).
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