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From folkloric belief to fishery bycatch: contrasting cryptozoological and euhemeristic interpretations of Australian sea serpents
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France, Robert (2022): From folkloric belief to fishery bycatch: contrasting cryptozoological and euhemeristic interpretations of Australian sea serpents. Anthropozoologica 57 (3): 101-115, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2022v57a3
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