Presented below are specimens collected during various expeditions that Merrylin marked as ‘anomalous.’ The first was the result of various experiments with the mineral Yousseforium, which appears to manipulate gravity and perhaps, extra dimensions.

James Hook was a young man when he began a life as a crew member aboard Edward’s ships. At 21, he had been destined for a life at Eton, with many career opportunities laid out before him by his family, yet his fascination with the writings of Darwin, which had been published just shy of a year before, in which tales of his travels aboard The Beagle had painted a much more romantic life, prompted him to set sail and seek new lands, and identify new species, to contribute to the growing public fascination with biology and natural history. He began as an able-bodied sailor, making himself useful by learning first aid and minor doctor’s duties from the ship’s medic. The journey from the United Kingdom would take a good three months, during which Hook would develop his own scientific method. The ship set sail from Portsmouth to a destination a hundred miles north of the Marshall Islands. Here, he would be requested to accompany the geologist team, and assist them when needed. A great deal of the aforementioned mineral, Yousseforium, was discovered here, and mined extensively by Thomas’s fathers company, before he abandoned such operations. The island flora and fauna are catalogued here, by Hook. Find out more about these specimens in the book, ‘Fringe Zoology, the specimens of Thomas Merrylin.’