# Cuvier — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Cuvier in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-iv

## Who they are

A naturalist who debunked the fake mermaid.

## In the story

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Mentioned as an example of a scientist who could reconstruct an extinct animal from a single tooth, used to illustrate how journalists write on unfamiliar topics.

### [Haunted Houses, Ghosts, and Superstitions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xxxv)

Tells anecdote of Cuvier calmly dismissing a ghost with an ox's head using scientific reasoning.

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