#71 Cryptozumbology

Sub-field of cryptozoology concerned with finding evidence for the existence of cryptozoological specimens practicing Zumba.

Dr. Phineas M. Warburton was your run-of-the-mill cryptozoologist—descending into the depths of Loch Ness in a miniature submarine to measure the ultrasonic vocalizations of the elusive Nessie, spelunking in Richtersveld, South Africa to collect the droppings of the legendary grootslang, roaming the remote corners of Puerto Rico to examine the entrails of livestock purportedly attacked by the fearsome chupacabra, and even scaling the craggy peaks of the Himalayas to measure the footprints of the legendary Yeti. That all changed when Dr. Spengler, in the midst of foraging for psychotropic mushrooms in the lush forests of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, encountered what appeared to be a troop of kooloo-kamba performing a Zumba routine to a Gloria Estefan track emanating from the forest canopy. He failed to collect evidence from the scene, but the experience left a deep imprint on his psyche and he vowed to devote his life's work to the study of cryptozumbology.    

Root = Cryptozoology + Zumba