Byondrs, gather around! Do you remember the tantalizing tale of the two-tongued creatures captured in the jungles of Malaya back in 1939, a story that has been stumping enthusiasts and experts alike for almost a century? Well, put down your tea and hold onto your tweed hats, for we might just have cracked this cryptic case wide open.
The bewitching beasts described in the 1939 report from *Modern Wonder* were famed for their bizarre dual tongues, a characteristic that left even the most seasoned cryptid connoisseurs puzzled. Thanks to a delightful deduction by two readers of the esteemed [ShukerNature blog](https://karlshuker.blogspot.com), this cryptid conundrum seems to have found a plausible resolution.
The creatures, as described, shared several physical traits with known species, yet their whopping reported weight and those mythical two tongues set them apart. Cue the dramatic revelation: could these creatures simply be an exaggerated account of the Sunda slow loris, or its tiny cousin the tarsier, both known to possess a *sublingua*—a secondary tongue-like structure used in grooming?
Credit: Photo courtesy of [ShukerNature](https://karlshuker.blogspot.com)
This 'second tongue' might easily have been mistaken for a true tongue by the uninitiated. Combine this with the hypothesis that a mere clerical error might have ballooned the creatures' weight from grams to pounds, and suddenly, the pieces of the puzzle begin to snap delightfully into place. Indeed, it seems the officials in Manila may not have been familiar with their local wildlife as one might expect!
So, my dear Byondrs, once again, we find that the line between myth and misunderstood is as thin as a loris' whisker. Perhaps this is less a case of mysterious two-tongued monsters and more a matter of muddled measurements and exotic yet earthly wildlife.
*Written by Lady Eleanor Harcourt, a globe-trotting socialite with a penchant for mysteries. She’s not real. Her sources are. And so are her editors. ©2025 BYONDR. BYONDR is a registered trademark. All Rights Reserved.*
