Gazeka
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Gazeka
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Monckton's Gazeka, also called the Papuan Devil-Pig is an animal said to have been seen on Papua New Guinea in the early 20th century. It is said to resemble a tapir or a giant sloth, having a long, proboscis-like snout, and some theories suggest it may be the descendant of an extinct marsupial belonging to the family Palorchestidae. Totally separate from that creature is the 'real' Gazeka, which was the creation of the English comic actor, George Graves, who introduced it as a bit of by-play in
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazeka
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2024-03-24T23:28:23Z
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