The chupacabra - explained! And the poor goatsucker, eww:
Biologist Barry OConnor says that most chupacabra sightings are probably linked to coyotes with mange, a disease caused by mites burrowing under the skin of coyotes.
Classic Gothic expliqué:
Mange leaves coyotes with extreme hair loss similar to that described by people who claim to have seen chupacabra. Analysis of alleged chupacabra carcasses by scientists has usually turned up evidence of mange, which is caused by the same species of mite (Sarcoptes scabiei) that triggers the itchy rash known as scabies in people.
Most depressing explanation of weirdness since swamp gas.
(via Slashdot; image from Mike Kline)
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