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The monsters that fill the empty seas in old maps weren't put there just to be pretty. They were terribly real - if not terribly accurately drawn. Among them is the Ziphius - a huge carnivore who could capsize a ship with his sword-like dorsal fin and then consume the crew with his massive owl-like beak. Ziphius wasn't a made-up fantasy - he might have been inspired by the Orca, the Kraken (or giant squid), or some other whale. We weigh the evidence here, and in the end learn something about how science emerged from the collection of lore.

Sebastian Munster's World Map : https://drive.google.com/file/d/10xiP...

00:00 Introduction: The allure of the sea monster.
03:09 Is Ziphius a fantasy?
06:02 Is Ziphius an orca?
08:22 Is Ziphius a beaked whale?
10:18 Is Ziphius a giant squid (Kraken)?
12:48 Is Ziphius something else?
13:13 Conclusion: From lore to science.