Chinese mythology merely fantastic types of the bestiary sort. Sometimes the dragon is considered part of this category, related to it, or the ruler of all the swimming and crawling folk. This may include the giant marine turtle or tortoise Ao, the Bashe snake reputed to swallow elephants, a nine-headed snake monster reminiscent of the hydra known as Xiangliu, and the White Serpent from the novel "Legend of the White Snake". Various birds are found in Chinese mythology, some of them obviously based on real birds, other ones obviously not, and some in-between. The Crane is an example of a real type
Lake Van Monster Saturdays" episode "The Unblinking Eye." This version resembles a Mosasaurus-like creature. "Animal X" (an Australian television show) season 1, episode #3 features the Van Lake Monster. Josh Gates and his team search for the Van Lake monster on "Destination Truth". Season 3, episode 305 "Alien Mummies/Van Lake Monster". The monster has also been mentioned in the Turkish-language "Turkic Mythology Dictionary" ("Türk Söylence Sözlüğü") written by Deniz Karakurt. Lake Van Monster The Lake Van Monster () is a lake monster that allegedly lives in Lake Van in eastern Turkey. The Armenian chroniclers Movses Khorenatsi and Anania Shirakatsi wrote about vishaps living