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Many decades ago, Curious Corvid Publishing commissioned us on a project to collect and compile data on specimens of obscure creatures: the mythological, the fantastical, and the cryptic. This volume is the first report of our findings, concerning invertebrates, which we present to the world not to endanger these animals or make them vulnerable, but in the hopes that by lifting the shroud of unfamiliarity we might enhance humanity’s ability to appreciate, celebrate, and protect the more mysterious inhabitants of this strange world. Our hope is that you will read our findings and come away with a deeper appreciation and respect for the earth and ecosystem in which you are just a passing traveler, to which you must one day inevitably return.
“Remember me as you pass by.
As you are now, so once was I;
As I am now, so you must be,
Therefore prepare to follow me.”











