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Museum employees pose for media next to a piece called Dracorex Hogwartsia , part of the Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature exhibition opening soon at the Natural History Museum in London December 8, 2020. Reuters pic
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LONDON, Dec 9 Fans of JK Rowling’s
Fantastic Beasts will already be familiar with nifflers, occamy and demiguise while unicorns, dragons and mermaids have been the stuff of legends for centuries.
Now London’s Natural History Museum has scoured its vast collection for an exhibition to celebrate strange beasts in all their forms, including those created by the Harry Potter author.
Fantastic Beasts, Natural History Museum 5
This dinosaur fossil looks very much like a dragon. Image courtesy Children s Museum of Indianapolis.
Can you tell a Demiguise from a Vaquita? How about an Okapi from an Erumpet?
The Natural History Museum has teamed up with the magical realm of Harry Potter and Newt Scamander to bring us a multitude of fantastic beasts from both the mythical and natural worlds.
Hard to imagine that this giant oarfish exists. Image courtesy Natural History Museum.
Kids will lap up Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature: there are props from the Potter movies and cabinet doors that swing ajar, as if beasts lurk inside.