STRANGE SCIENCE SEAMONSTERS

Contrary to popular belief, the sailors of Columbus's day did not think they would sail right off the edge of the earth. They were, however, apprehensive about what they would find in their travels. Mistakes about marine life have ranged from inaccurate assumptions about the behavior of known species to fanciful depictions of animals that "might" exist. HERE IS A CATALOGUE OF SEA MONSTERS THEY THOUGHT THEY SAW - or MAYBE THEY DID!