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Bunyip Seal-Misidentification Theory

The explanation, proposed by naturalist Charles Fenner in 1933, that many bunyip reports, especially the common seal-dog description, result from fur seals and elephant seals occasionally swimming far inland along the Murray-Darling river system.

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  • Australia

    Bunyip Seal-Misidentification Theory is located in Australia — The seal strandings the theory relies on occurred along the inland Murray-Darling river system.

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  • Bunyip

    Bunyip Seal-Misidentification Theory attempts to explain Bunyip.

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