The Hideous Hybrid Menagerie | Sharkblog

The Hideous Hybrid Menagerie is a curation of informational resources on all the things that inspired Sharkblog to begin with. The Menagerie is designed to be an ever-expanding hub, containing brief descriptions of mythical, fictional, and real shark-beasts whose very beings combine sharks with something non-sharky.

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Film & Television:

• Dinoshark – Part shark, part dinosaur (most likely Tyrannosaurus Rex). Dinoshark was apparently frozen in ice for eons before the arctic glacier that had entrapped it melted away.
  Dinoshark on IMDb
• Mega Shark (a.k.a. Megalodon) – Part shark, part Titan. It’s an ancient, previously-thought extinct jumbo shark that can pretty much destroy anything smaller than a battleship.
  Megalodon on IMDb
  Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus on IMDb
  Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus on IMDb
• SharkMan (Hammerhead) – Part shark, part man. An insane scientist fuses his dying son’s DNA with shark DNA and accidentally turns him into a mutant hell-bent on destruction. Things go predictably badly.
  SharkMan on IMDb
• Sharknado – A tornado made out of sharks.This could be the start of a powerful new hybrid genre: natural disasters + monsters.
• Sharktopus – Part shark, part octopus. The monster that sparked the original idea for Sharkblog. Commissioned as a weapon for the U.S. Navy, Sharktopus wreaks havoc when the scientists that created it lose control.
  Sharktopus on IMDb
• Know of another movie or TV show left off the list? Let me know in the comments below.

Literature

• The Fax Machine Shark – Part shark, part fax machine. This ancient animal has been around since the time that fax machines were considered cool.
• Know of another book or graphic novel left off the list? Let me know in the comments below.

Mythology, Legend, & Folklore:

• Barry Manilodon – Part shark, part Barry Manilow. This massive, ancient sea monster is able to lull its prey to sleep through song.
• Bearsharktopus – Part shark, part octopus, part bear. There really is no scarier creature in the entire world than this fucking thing.
• Christopher Walken Rex – Not a shark hybrid, more of a dinosaur-Christopher Walken hybrid, but noteworthy nonetheless.
• Droidshark – Part shark, part Data from “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Attacks Japan for reasons yet to be figured out.
• Eagleshark – Part shark, part bald eagle. Extremely ferocious and highly patriotic, this fierce beast can swim AND fly.
• HydraHeston – An ancient sea monster with seven different heads of Charlton Heston.
• Orsonsharktopus – Part shark, part octopus, part Orson Welles. This creature is the centerpiece of a four-part film series yet to be written by me. Extremely dangerous, extremely ornery.
• Shony – Part shark, part pony. Clearly straight-up magical, but also very real.
• Know of another mythical shark hybrid left off the list? Let me know in the comments below.