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"Sibert, John R."

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Sibert, John R. (detail)
   
1983
Ri-ality: a mermaid in the hand? (Comment on Wagner [1982].)
Cryptozoology 2: 159-161. Winrter 1983.
–Suggests that the "ri" of New Ireland is some sort of marine mammal, but urges caution in interpreting Melanesian terms that refer, at least in part, to spiritual entities.
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Sibert, John R. (detail)
   
1985
Semantics versus cryptozoology (comment on Wagner et al. [1983]).
Cryptozoology 3: 144-145. Apr. 1985.
–Discusses the report of Wagner et al., concludes that the "ri" may indeed be a dugong, and suggests that the terms "ri" and "ilkai" may denote entities or concepts not strictly zoological. See R. Wagner (1985) and J. R. Greenwell (1985) for responses.

Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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