Cryptids spotlighted in a text viewed as the foundation of modern zoology
Carl Linnaeus ’ parent wanted their Word to recruit the priesthood , a stately professing in the 18th Century . Linnaeus , like many kid , rebuffed his parent ’s desire and followed his own interest . In doing so , he created the foundation of modern zoological science . Carl Linnaeus wrote the Systema Naturae , an early attempt to sort spirit on Earth . Though he was trying to be as scientific as possible , Linnaeus nevertheless included several cryptids , or mythical animate being , in his taxonomy of “ shady ” animal ....