Karl Shuker

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Full Name	Karl Shuker
Occupation	Biologist
Date Of Birth	Dec 9, 1959(1959-12-09)
Age	65
Birthplace	West Midlands
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Karl Shuker Biography

Karl Shuker is one of the most popular and richest Biologist who was born on December 9, 1959 in West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. Shuker is involved in what he calls the scientific study of “animals still awaiting formal zoological detection and description in the 21st century.” Yet, Shuker is critical of those who attempt to blindly confirm their assumptions by claiming that it is not considered cryptozoology at all.

In June 1997, Shuker was critical of Fortean Times publisher Mike Dash who has described the vast majority of reports of weird phenomena as coming from imagination. Shuker declared, “there are some intriguing pieces of evidence for the existence of a large underwater mammal in Loch Ness, not least the sonar soundings of 1972 which showed the presence of a 6-ft flipper.” In an interview in 1998 with the Sunday Times interview, Shuker stated there was a possibility that Loch Ness monster sightings were declining. Loch Ness monster was losing popularity, with attention focused on sightings of large cats as he stated “They’re more tangible,” and “[a]ny scientist who these days decides to take the Loch Ness monster seriously knows that it will damage his reputation.”

In November 2001, Karl Shuker won £250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Reviewing Shuker’s 2003 book The Beasts that Hide from Man, Mark Bayless described the work as “thought provoking and well researched,” contrasting Shuker’s work favorably against other cryptozoology texts as providing a “scholarly, reader-friendly format,” and addressing a wider range of cryptids that are not covered in comparable sources.

In a 1996 critique of the book written by Shuker Dragons: A Natural History in Natural History, Richard Ellis wrote about his thoughts on the “impressive assortment of illustrations,” in addition to Shuker’s treatment of dragon images and symbols throughout the history of art however, he criticized the absence of attention to “the ‘real’ animals held to be responsible for some of the dragon or sea serpent stories, such as the crocodile, the Komodo dragon, the African rock python, and the oarfish.” Ellis was critical of the coverage in the book of “aquatic serpent dragons” such as the Loch Ness monster, lamenting that “despite corroborated evidence that the famous Loch Ness monster’s ‘surgeon’s photograph’ was a hoax, […] ‘Nessie’ is one of the contemporary ‘dragons’ in this book.”

Karl Shuker Net Worth

Karl Shuker is one of the richest Biologist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karl Shuker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Karl Shuker (born 9 December 1959) is an British Zoologist, Cryptozoologist, and writer. He is a resident of the Midlands, England, where the Zooologist works as a consultant as well as a writer. He is a columnist for the Fortean Times and contributor to numerous publications, Shuker is also the editor-in- chief of the Journal of Cryptozoology, which was launched in November of 2012.

Some of his more significant work includes Mystery Cats of the World (1989), The Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the 20th Century (1993 The book was expanded in 2002 to become The New Zoo), and In Search of Prehistoric Survivors (1995) and as two international bestsellers which include Dragons: A Natural History (1995 Reissued in 2006) as well as The Unexplained (1996; reissued in 2002). Shuker also wrote Star Steeds and Other Dreams A collection of poetry that was released in 2009.

According to Jonathan Downes, there are a number of little-known cryptids to which Shuker was the first cryptozoologist to bring widespread public attention. 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 as shown on the cover of Mysteries of Planet Earth (1999), Welsh cenaprugwirion, bigfin squid, St Helena sirenian, Timor Sea ground shark, and crowing crested cobra.

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Karl Ranked on the list of most popular Biologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Karl Shuker celebrates birthday on December 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Karl Shuker

1. Karl Shuker is a British zoologist, cryptozoologist and author.
2. He was born in 1959.
3. Shuker has written over 20 books on cryptozoology and related topics.
4. He coined the term “cryptozoology” in 1983.
5. Shuker has appeared on numerous TV shows discussing cryptids.
6. He holds a PhD in zoology from the University of Birmingham.
7. Shuker has discovered several new species of animals.
8. He is an expert on mystery cats and sea serpents.
9. Shuker is a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
10. He currently resides in Wales with his wife and daughter.