En søslange (lindorm, hesteål eller ålehest) er et fabeldyr, som har form som en kæmpeslange med eller uden ben og som lever i søer, voldgrave eller i havet. Beskrivelser af søslanger dukker af og til op i medierne som en nyhedshistorie.

Se også

• Congoslange
• Sildekonge
• Kryptozoologi
• Nessie
• Søuhyre
• Ogopogo

Der findes et stjernebillede ved navn Søslangen.

Eksterne henvisninger

• rsf.dk, Oldies: Søuhyre i Christianshavns Voldgrav. En oldie historie fra RSF-nyt april og juli nummeret 1974
• Strange Magazine: The Definitive Sea Serpent by Matthew A. Bille Illustrations by Bill Herd Citat: "...two particular zoologists...1905, Michael J. Nicoll and E. G. B. Meade-Waldo observed a"sea monster" which has never been caught, classified, or explained...Nicoll spotted a large dorsal fin which "resembled that of no fish I had previously seen."...no plesiosaur is known to have possessed a dorsal fin...on December 7th, 1905, two well-qualified witnesses observed a large unknown marine animal..."
• GUST: Norway - Monsters of Lake Seljordsvatnet: Fishermen was severely shocked when the serpent surfaced right next to their boat Citat: "...video taken two years previously by two Englishmen, and which clearly shows a 25 to 36 feet long, muscular and anaconda-looking creature...A wide, powerful, "veiny and knotted", 10 feet long neck was towering over the shocked men and a large, horse-like head was swung into their boat and stared Ole right in his face..."
• Sucuriju Gigante By Aaron Justice Citat: "...They came back with stories of enormous snakes which they called matora, or "bull eater"....claimed to have bagged a 62 foot long anaconda....Suddenly a gigantic snake reared up as if to attack his helicopter..."
  • Riesenschlangen Citat: "...Im Jahr 1959 flog Colonel Rene van Lierde...Die Schlange war etwa 14 bis 16 Meter lang..." (med sorthvid billede. PS: Slangen virker forbavsende skarp i forhold til resten af billedet.)
  • 30 December 2003, Independent: Indonesian python puts squeeze on reptilian record Citat; "...Villagers in Indonesia have captured what is believed to be the longest snake in the world - a 15-metre (49.21ft) python, which weighs nearly 450kg (992lb)..."
• Det Kongelige Bibliotek: H. C. Andersen: Eventyr 153: Den store Søslange. (1872)

Kryptozoologi | Fabeldyr

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