Over at Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman presents his picks for “The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2009.” Several bits previously featured on BB made the cut, including the eating of a near-extinct bird, baby coelacanths, and alligators in the sewers. Others were new to me: an African Pygmy Hippo killed in Australia, the rediscovery of a species of crow and turtle thought to be extinct, and the quest for black panthers in Europe.