sentences.text: Rhinogradentia (also known as snouters or Rhinogrades or Nasobames) is a fictitious mammal order documented by the equally fictitious German naturalist Harald Stumpke.
sentences.text: Rhinogradentia
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: known
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: snouters
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: Rhinogrades
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: Nasobames
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: fictitious
sentences.text: mammal
sentences.text: order
sentences.text: documented
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: equally
sentences.text: fictitious
sentences.text: German
sentences.text: naturalist
sentences.text: Harald
sentences.text: Stumpke
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The order's most remarkable characteristic was the Nasorium, an organ derived from the ancestral species's nose, which had variously evolved to fulfill every conceivable function.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: order
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: remarkable
sentences.text: characteristic
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Nasorium
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: organ
sentences.text: derived
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ancestral
sentences.text: species
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: nose
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: variously
sentences.text: evolved
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: fulfill
sentences.text: every
sentences.text: conceivable
sentences.text: function
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Both the animals and the scientist were allegedly creations of Gerolf Steiner, a zoology professor at the University of Karlsruhe.
sentences.text: Both
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: animals
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: scientist
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: allegedly
sentences.text: creations
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Gerolf
sentences.text: Steiner
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: zoology
sentences.text: professor
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: University
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Karlsruhe
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: A mock taxidermy of a certain Snouter can be seen at the Musee zoologique in Strasbourg.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: mock
sentences.text: taxidermy
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: certain
sentences.text: Snouter
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: seen
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Musee
sentences.text: zoologique
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Strasbourg
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The order's remarkable variety was the natural outcome of evolution acting over millions of years in the isolated Hi-yi-yi islands in the Pacific Ocean.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: order
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: remarkable
sentences.text: variety
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: natural
sentences.text: outcome
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: evolution
sentences.text: acting
sentences.text: over
sentences.text: millions
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: years
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: isolated
sentences.text: Hi-yi-yi
sentences.text: islands
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Pacific
sentences.text: Ocean
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: All the 14 families and 189 known Snouter species descended from a small shrew-like animal, which gradually evolved and diversified to fill most of the ecological niches in the archipelago from tiny worm-like beings to large herbivores and predators.
sentences.text: All
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: 14
sentences.text: families
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: 189
sentences.text: known
sentences.text: Snouter
sentences.text: species
sentences.text: descended
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: small
sentences.text: shrew-like
sentences.text: animal
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: gradually
sentences.text: evolved
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: diversified
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: fill
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ecological
sentences.text: niches
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: archipelago
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: tiny
sentences.text: worm-like
sentences.text: beings
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: herbivores
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: predators
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Most Rhinogrades used their nose for locomotion, like the shrew-like Hopsorrhinus aureus, whose nasorium was used for jumping.
sentences.text: Most
sentences.text: Rhinogrades
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: nose
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: locomotion
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: like
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: shrew-like
sentences.text: Hopsorrhinus
sentences.text: aureus
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: whose
sentences.text: nasorium
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: jumping
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The snouters were discovered on the main island of Hiddudify in 1941 by the Swedish explorer Einar Pettersson-Skamtkvist.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: snouters
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: discovered
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: main
sentences.text: island
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Hiddudify
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1941
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Swedish
sentences.text: explorer
sentences.text: Einar
sentences.text: Pettersson-Skamtkvist
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Unfortunately, as a consequence of atomic bomb testing, the islands sank suddenly into the ocean in the late 1950s.
sentences.text: Unfortunately
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: consequence
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: atomic
sentences.text: bomb
sentences.text: testing
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: islands
sentences.text: sank
sentences.text: suddenly
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ocean
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: late
sentences.text: 1950s
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Thus perished all traces of the snouters, their unique ecosystem, and all the world's specialists on that intriguing subject who happened to be holding their congress there at the time.
sentences.text: Thus
sentences.text: perished
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: traces
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: snouters
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: unique
sentences.text: ecosystem
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: world
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: specialists
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: intriguing
sentences.text: subject
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: happened
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: holding
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: congress
sentences.text: there
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: time
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Although the first scientific report on these creatures came out in 1961, an early reference to them is found in Christian Morgenstern's poem Das Nasobem (The Nasobame, 1905).
sentences.text: Although
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: first
sentences.text: scientific
sentences.text: report
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: these
sentences.text: creatures
sentences.text: came
sentences.text: out
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1961
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: early
sentences.text: reference
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Christian
sentences.text: Morgenstern
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: poem
sentences.text: Das
sentences.text: Nasobem
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Nasobame
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: 1905
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The Great Morgenstern's Nasobame (Nasobema lyricum), a dog-size animal that walked on four snouts, was named in his honor.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Great
sentences.text: Morgenstern
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Nasobame
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: Nasobema
sentences.text: lyricum
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: dog-size
sentences.text: animal
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: walked
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: four
sentences.text: snouts
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: named
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: honor
sentences.text: .
text: Rhinogradentia (also known as snouters or Rhinogrades or Nasobames) is a fictitious mammal order documented by the equally fictitious German naturalist Harald Stumpke. The order's most remarkable characteristic was the Nasorium, an organ derived from the ancestral species's nose, which had variously evolved to fulfill every conceivable function. Both the animals and the scientist were allegedly creations of Gerolf Steiner, a zoology professor at the University of Karlsruhe. A mock taxidermy of a certain Snouter can be seen at the Musee zoologique in Strasbourg. The order's remarkable variety was the natural outcome of evolution acting over millions of years in the isolated Hi-yi-yi islands in the Pacific Ocean. All the 14 families and 189 known Snouter species descended from a small shrew-like animal, which gradually evolved and diversified to fill most of the ecological niches in the archipelago from tiny worm-like beings to large herbivores and predators. Most Rhinogrades used their nose for locomotion, like the shrew-like Hopsorrhinus aureus, whose nasorium was used for jumping. The snouters were discovered on the main island of Hiddudify in 1941 by the Swedish explorer Einar Pettersson-Skamtkvist. Unfortunately, as a consequence of atomic bomb testing, the islands sank suddenly into the ocean in the late 1950s. Thus perished all traces of the snouters, their unique ecosystem, and all the world's specialists on that intriguing subject who happened to be holding their congress there at the time. Although the first scientific report on these creatures came out in 1961, an early reference to them is found in Christian Morgenstern's poem Das Nasobem (The Nasobame, 1905). The Great Morgenstern's Nasobame (Nasobema lyricum), a dog-size animal that walked on four snouts, was named in his honor.