# Can you identify this Giant Animal book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [September 26, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743 "2023-09-26T17:49:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/1 "2023-09-26T17:49:20Z")
I had it when I was younger and enjoyed looking at the pictures. They looked to be watercolors on a white background but probably weren’t really. Each page had a pair of humans running or swimming alongside the critters, and some of the illustrations were foldouts. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/2 "2023-09-26T17:53:07Z")
Link? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/3 "2023-09-26T18:04:01Z")
You expect a link to a vaguely remembered book they are trying to identify? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/4 "2023-09-26T18:09:09Z")
I didn’t “expect” anything. Just asked in case he forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/5 "2023-09-26T18:10:18Z")
No link, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/6 "2023-09-26T18:19:33Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I didn’t “expect” anything. Just asked in case he forgot. It was clearly a vague description of a book not on hand asking if anyone could identify it. I don’t know what kind of link you could have possibly have thought was even possible. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/7 "2023-09-26T18:20:28Z")
My apologies. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/8 "2023-09-26T18:35:15Z")
[Neuralink?](https://neuralink.com/) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/9 "2023-09-26T18:45:08Z")
I remember the same book and I loved it as a kid. It was a big book with a blue cover. It had large animals, both extant and extinct, including dinosaurs, extinct mammals, and sea creatures. The human models were there for scale. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/10 "2023-09-26T18:52:51Z")
Yes! I remember one thing in particular that was a lizard with a very long neck. I guess it just dipped its head in the water to fish? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/11 "2023-09-26T20:32:40Z")
This book may be somewhere in my house. I’ve done a cursory look but haven’t found it yet. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/12 "2023-09-26T21:17:14Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It was a big book with a blue cover. It had large animals, both extant and extinct, including dinosaurs, extinct mammals, and sea creatures. The human models were there for scale. This sounds kind of familiar to me too. It wasn’t a book we owned, though. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/13 "2023-09-26T21:31:30Z")
I think this is the book: > **[Giants Land,sea & Air: Peters, David: 9780394878058: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Giants-Land-sea-David-Peters/dp/0394878051)** > > Giants Land,sea & Air \[Peters, David\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Giants Land,sea & Air ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/14 "2023-09-26T22:28:29Z")
> **[David Peters](https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5231.0)** > > David Peters ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/15 "2023-09-26T23:07:18Z")
YES. Ahem. Sorry. Yes! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/16 "2023-09-27T05:17:52Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It was clearly a vague description of a book not on hand asking if anyone could identify it. I don’t know what kind of link you could have possibly have thought was even possible. Missing, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/17 "2023-09-27T13:10:01Z")
Badass! I think I remember this book too. At a cousin’s house or something, it’s a bit before my time. Some of those reconstructions give me physical pain to look at now 🤣 all the pterosaurs, and especially Spinosaurus ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-giant-animal-book/990743/18 "2023-09-27T15:49:43Z")
Yeah, for those that haven’t clicked on the very unhelpful preview box, you can see pretty much the entire book there.