Cryptozoology

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This topic is a pseudoscience, and is not accepted by the scientific community as a valid discipline.
Although it may use scientific terminology, it does not use scientific methodology.
Remember: just because it sounds right doesn't mean it's actually right.
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Cryptozoology is the study of or belief in cryptids, or species of animals for which no extant examples of their existance have yet been found or proven, but are believed in by some. Examples of such animals include Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, etc., and sometimes mythical creatures such as dragons.

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