Show threadDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 14
If almost no one uses a particular #PetPhraseOfYours then probably almost no one will be looking for it here. In the case of #seamonsters people DO use this hashtag and look for them here, so I use it. And you can use more than one hashtag in a post. 14/
Show threadDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 6
And an earlier piece in @[email protected] magazine on #seamonsters: 2/2 aeon.co/essays/how-b...

How black holes are like sea m...
How black holes are like sea monsters at the edge of our vision | Aeon Essays

Like sea monsters on premodern maps, deep-space images are science’s fanciful means to chart the edges of the known world

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Jan 6
This! Especially true of unfamiliar beings e.g. #seamonsters (sometimes illustrated from dead specimens). These illustrations were effectively diagrams, so they look different from, say, photographs in National Geographic. On getting around modern, kneejerk responses to premodern images:

Can the Archive Make a Monster...
Can the Archive Make a Monster of a Historian?

A historian who pays full attention to their sources can’t help but be transformed into a monster...

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Show threadDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Nov 26
I have a personal fondness for #seamonsters - if you only saw them when they were washed up on a beach or leaping in the ocean in the distance, how would you. draw them? aeon.co/essays/how-b...

How black holes are like sea m...
How black holes are like sea monsters at the edge of our vision | Aeon Essays

Like sea monsters on premodern maps, deep-space images are science’s fanciful means to chart the edges of the known world

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAIOct 30

« Meerwunder und ſeltʒame Thier », (Chart of terrestrial and sea monsters), c. 1550-1570

By Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (Swiss artist, 1525–1571)
Handcoloured engraving for Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1544-1628)

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HansRudolfManuelDeutsch #SebastianMunster #SeaMonsters #RenaissanceFantasy #woodcutart

RandomBaywatchOct 9

Love it or hate it, this ep has a great name

Season 8 Episode 8 "Eel Niño"

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #GiantEel #SeaMonster #Eel #ElNino #GiantEels #SeaMonsters #Eels #EelNino

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Sep 9, 2025
Some examples in my essay on #seamonsters here: aeon.co/essays/how-b...

How black holes are like sea m...
How black holes are like sea monsters at the edge of our vision | Aeon Essays

Like sea monsters on premodern maps, deep-space images are science’s fanciful means to chart the edges of the known world

ShadowPlayAug 23, 2025

When Summer Meant #SeaSerpents

For the Victorians and Edwardians, the late British summer was a time of sun, sand – and sea serpents.

Karl Bell | Published in History Today Volume 75 Issue 9 September 2025

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/when-summer-meant-sea-serpents?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#Cryptozoology #Cryptids #SeaMonsters

When Summer Meant Sea Serpents | History Today

Show threadFID Anglo-American CultureAug 11, 2025

A classic when it comes to #seamonsters is this (famous or infamous?) 2009 #mashup of #JaneAusten 's #SenseandSensibility with "monstrous" contributions by Ben H. Winters. Maybe 2025 is a good time to dive into it for #JaneAusten250 ?

#MonsterMonday #AdaptationStudies #parody

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)Aug 7, 2025
This is totally hilarious! Have added a couple of related things I wrote in the thread below it. 1/ #whales #seamonsters #oceans

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wf24ok2liiyzb633fe34dsel/post/3lvrl2vu6zq2v