No One Would Have Believed: The Cryptozoology of H.G. Wells

In this episode, we cover several of H.G. Wells' stories which contain mysterious animals, or other links to the world of cryptozoology. These stories include underwater civilisations of fish-people, murderous octopus species of octopus, extinct elephant birds, and highly-evolved ants! Wells' fertile brain and immense talents often used science fiction ideas to comment on social issues, but he was equally capable of creating convincing fictional wonders purely as an exercise in imagination - grounded by his training in zoology.The stories covered are:-In The Abyss (1896)-The Sea Raiders (1896)-Aepyornis Island (1894)-The Empire Of The Ants (1905)