Talk:Nandi bear
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Name edit
Perhaps a mention of the other names the Nandi bear is known as would be in order, in particular 'chimosit' ('duba' is just Arabic for 'bear' as I recall). Heuvelmans called it a 'Proteus' because there are so many different descriptions of it. A Gold Key Tarzan comic from the late 60s or early '70s had Tarzan meet one, it was drawn as a shaggy bear-sort of animal with long floppy ears like a cocker spaniel. CFLeon 02:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I say hyaena, you say hyena edit
So which spelling are we going with? Totnesmartin 21:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
First Reference edit
The first reference does not link anywhere. Perhaps the link is broken, or the website was taken down. Neutonnn 18:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Am I the only one who noticed that this statement makes no sense? edit
"Other than the extinct Atlas Bear, no living bear are known to be native to Africa" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heathcliff (talk • contribs) 00:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
No Section on Sightings edit
This article is missing a section on sightings of the creature (could be named as History), it is a key piece of information that is absent from the article and should be added to it.--Paleface Jack (talk) 18:25, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Illustration edit
It's a terrible picture, looks like my neighbor's dog. Even one of the panels from the Tarzan comic would be better.CFLeon (talk) 00:08, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
I agree it's terrible, but mostly because it's a highly idealized illustration of what the artist imagines sucha beast OUGHT to look like. It's a good drawing, but I don't think it belongs here at all. If there is a real "Nandi Bear", I doubt it looks like a huge, wicked, maniacally-laughing hyena with sloth feet. That's like drawing Sasquatch with a fierce face, glowing eyes, big fangs, etc...theoretically possible, but highly unlikely. If it's an animal, it ought to look like an animal, not some fanciful evil animal out of some anime series. If that was a sentence rather than a drawing, I would call it "decidedly unencyclopedic tone"..45Colt 01:59, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
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