Posted on 10/22/2010 10:10:34 AM PDT by Ebenezer
(English-language translation)
The chupacabras does exist but is not a monster; rather, a diminutive attacker that turns a wild and harmless animal into an ugly and disturbed species, University of Michigan biologist Bary O'Connor maintained.
In an article published in Skeptic magazine, the specialist explains that the real culprit behind cattle deaths is a small, eight-legged creature that, upon biting species such as coyotes, causes a mange that transforms them.
He recalled that the existence of the chupacabras was first mentioned in Puerto Rico after dead sheep were found with sharp wounds and carcasses completely drained of blood. Similar reports subsequently began to arrive from places such as Mexico or the United States.
"The accounts came from people who claim having seen animals with a malignant appearance, described as looking like dogs or rodents, or reptiles, with long snouts, huge fangs, tough skin or greenish scales, and a very unpleasant odor," he said.
For locals, the conclusion was that those responsible for the animal deaths were ugly, rare creatures, but scientists who studied some chupacabra carcasses concluded that the feared monsters were coyotes with extreme cases of mange or scabies.
"It involves a skin condition caused by mites which cause scabies. They are diminutive attackers that affect wild coyotes very seriuosly, turning them into barbarities," he specified.
Perhaps that explains Helen Thomas and Nancy Pelosi.
The scientist thinks an 8-legged insect (mite) causes mange in coyotes and makes them scary looking and aggressive.
In other words, there isn't a creature that's a chucacabra. It's actually a coyote with mange caused by a mite bite according to this theory.
At least in Puerto Rico, we cannot blame coyotes for the attacks since they are not found on the island. And how can we explain the drained blood?
a Texas biologist collected a carcass and had it mounted by a professional taxidermist. it’s NOT a coyote. coyotes don’t have those huge, very prominent butt pads or blue eyes. it’s a previously unkown species that sucks blood for sustenance. dna tests show relation to some russion wolf species and some other wild canid, but not coyote at all. i’ve seen it briefly in the south Texas scrub brush. it stinks. i think those pads are like musk glands so they can find each other.
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