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Why is Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings not mentioned in Jorge Luis Borges ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinHarper (talkcontribs) 09:51, 10 January 2003 (UTC)[reply]

Because no one has mentioned it. But since this is a wiki, you can mention it yourself. You certainly know more about than I do; I'd never heard of it before.  :-) KQ —Preceding undated comment added 10:02, 10 January 2003 (UTC)[reply]
It's there now. -GTBacchus —Preceding undated comment added 23:15, 11 January 2003 (UTC)[reply]
I know I've heard of this thing before, but I definitely haven't ever read that book. I'm sure this is mentioned in a book I have read. It's slowly driving me insane though. So that's a plus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.73.254.205 (talk) 14:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Squank

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Another cultural reference it well could be "Squank", 3rd trak from the ZZ Top's first album in 1971, about a monster living in the swamps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.158.101 (talk) 14:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Steely Dan song

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I was surprised not to see the reference to "Have you ever seen a Squonk's Tears well look at mine. A line from a Steely Dan Song - Any Major Dude (will tell you) on their Pretzel Logic Album of 1974. Anothersquonk (talk) 16:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Black walnuts

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Does anyone know if there is truth to the rumor that they can create canopy gaps by attempting suicide by eating the bark of black walnuts? Harry Meanwell (talk) 14:35, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

that could be because black walnuts have a chemical that harms plants. But of course the squank is 110% real!Realfakebezalbob (talk) 00:30, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Johnson

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See author Samuel Johnson’s famous 18th-century dictionary, where squonk is a very tearful animal who stands in a puddle of its own tears. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wicketdg1 (talkcontribs) 21:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Random Older Mention

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I found a mention of a squonk from a 1878 settler's diary in Nebraska but they don't go into detail so I assume it's unrelated? Bit weird though as I'm not sure what else they could be referring to!

Ref is - "The Settler's Calendar, Prairie Schooner, Vol. 41, No. 2, NEBRASKA CENTENNIAL ISSUE (SUMMER 1967), pp. 133-136" PanydThe muffin is not subtle 11:43, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Genesis: A Trick of the Tail

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Squonk was also a song on the early Genesis album A Trick of the Tail. 2601:248:400:C780:94C5:6AEE:EBAE:F13 (talk) 20:56, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Classification

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The squonk is currently listed as a "mythical creature", but wouldn't it be more accurate to describe it as a "Cryptid"? MFil39 (talk) 02:11, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]