"dick wrasse is generally reef-associated at depths from , but it's not very common in seagrass. This species feeds on benthic invertebrates, including crabs, small fishes, sea urchins and ophiuroids, polychaetes, and gastropods. It is a protogynous hermaphrodite. These fish form leks while breeding. In North Carolina, males defend temporary territories with peak spawning in May and June. Pair spawning typically occurs between females and terminal phase males; initial phase males occasionally try to insert themselves into the spawning event. This species is widespread and very common throughout much of its range in the Caribbean and Florida, although it is"
"Slippy Toad Slippy first appeared in the 1993 game ""Star Fox"". Since then, he has appeared in multiple ""Star Fox"" games. Reception to the character has been generally negative, with video game reviewers criticizing mainly his voice and appearance, which led Slippy to be included in several lists of the most annoying video game characters. On other hand, some reviewers praised Slippy for being a cute character. The name ""Slippy"" in his name is a colloquial name to ""Slippery"" that was chosen by Dylan Cuthbert in order to represent his ""clumsy nature"". The original four members of the Star Fox"
"Droopy Droopy is an animated character from the Golden Age of American Animation: an anthropomorphic dog with a droopy face, hence the name Droopy. He was created in 1943 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Essentially the polar opposite of Avery's other MGM character, the loud and wacky Screwy Squirrel, Droopy moves slowly and lethargically, speaks in a jowly monotone voice, and—though hardly an imposing character—is shrewd enough to outwit his enemies. When finally roused to anger, often by a bad guy laughing heartily at him, Droopy is capable of beating adversaries many"
"Droopy Droopy is an animated character from the Golden Age of American Animation: an anthropomorphic dog with a droopy face, hence the name Droopy. He was created in 1943 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Essentially the polar opposite of Avery's other MGM character, the loud and wacky Screwy Squirrel, Droopy moves slowly and lethargically, speaks in a jowly monotone voice, and—though hardly an imposing character—is shrewd enough to outwit his enemies. When finally roused to anger, often by a bad guy laughing heartily at him, Droopy is capable of beating adversaries many"
"Atropoides Atropoides is a genus of venomous pitvipers endemic to Mexico and Central America. Six species are currently recognized. The common names suggest they are able to leap at an attacker, but this is likely exaggerated. Common names for the species include jumping pitvipers and jumping vipers. All of these snakes are extremely thick-bodied, with ""A. nummifer"" being the most stout and ""A. picadoi"" being the most slender. However, the greatest recorded total length is for ""A. picadoi"", with one specimen that measured . The head is large, with small eyes and a broadly rounded snout. The tail is short,"
"Screwy Squirrel Screwball ""Screwy"" Squirrel is a cartoon character, an anthropomorphic squirrel created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is generally considered the wackiest and outright most antagonistic of the screwball cartoon characters of the 1940s. Among the most outrageous cartoon characters ever created, Screwy can do almost anything to almost anyone: he pulls objects out of thin air, doubles himself, and constantly breaks the fourth wall, all the while uttering a characteristic cackling laugh. The character was not as successful as Avery's Droopy was at this time, and Screwy was killed off after appearing in only five cartoons: ""Screwball"
"Spiky nudibranch The spiky nudibranch, ""Aphelodoris"" sp. 3, is an undescribed species of dorid nudibranch as designated by Zsilavecz, 2007. As at November 2009, it remained undescribed by science. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae. This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast on the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula in 10–35m of water. The spiky nudibranch is a white-bodied dorid with a spiky, bumpy skin and a few brown blotches of varying sizes on its notum. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate."
"Sid's Snake Sid's Snake (also titled Sid and his Snake) was a comic strip in the British comic ""Whizzer and Chips"". It first appeared in issue 1, dated 18 October 1969, and was originally drawn by Mike Lacey, with Jimmy Hansen taking over later on. The strip's simple premise featured Sid and his pet snake Slippy. Slippy had the ability to morph into various useful shapes. Sid was also the leader of the ""Whizz-Kids"" (characters who featured in the ""Whizzer"" section of the comic, as opposed to the ""Chip-ites"") and, bar the first issue (in which he appeared on the"
"Sceloporus uniformis Sceloporus uniformis, also known as the yellow-backed spiny lizard, is a reptile of the family Phrynosomatidae. It is native to the Mojave and Great Basin deserts. Until recently, it was considered to be a subspecies of ""Sceloporus magister"". ""Sceloporus uniformis"" was originally described as a subspecies of ""Sceloporus magister"" in 1955. In 2006, genetic analysis revealed that ""S. uniformis"" is sufficiently distinct to merit classification as its own species. ""S. uniformis"" is a large robust lizard, and adults can grow to 5.5 inches in body length (snout-to-vent), with a tail slightly longer than the body. Color is brown"
"Goopy Geer Goopy Geer is an animated cartoon character in the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons from Warner Bros. The character is a tall, lanky anthropomorphic dog with scruffy whiskers and long, expressive ears. In all of his animated appearances, Goopy is depicted as light colored, but in an early promotional drawing for his first cartoon, he had black fur. A month after Goopy Geer's first cartoon had been released, Walt Disney released a cartoon called ""Mickey's Revue with a character named Dippy Dawg, whose overall appearance was very similar to that of Goopy Geer; due to"
"Jack snipe The jack snipe/jacksnipe (""Lymnocryptes minimus"") is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes. Features such as its sternum make it quite distinct from other snipes or woodcocks. The common name has been said to come from the Welsh word for a snipe, ""giach"" (pronounced with a hard ""g""), but modern dictionaries say it comes from the masculine name Jack. Alfred Newton hypothesized that, ""It may be, as in Jackass, an indication of sex, for it is a popular belief that the Jack-Snipe is the male of the common"
"Eastern hooded scaly-foot The eastern hooded scaly-foot (Pygopus schraderi) is a species of flap-footed lizard found in the complex heaths of the lower west coast and the spinifex grasslands of mainland Australia. They are popular pets and are often mistaken for snakes due to their limbless appearance The family of Pygopods consists of 41 described species found only in Australia and New Guinea. They inhabit most of mainland Australia except for south-eastern Victoria and Tasmania, preferring dry open habitats Pygopods, or ‘legless lizards’, move by lateral undulations of the body and tail. They have no forelimbs but have retained vestigial"
"Strophurus Strophurus is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae. All species of ""Strophurus"" are endemic to Australia, and are sometimes given the common names spiny-tailed geckos or striped geckos. The species of this genus are long. The scales of the body are generally small and round, sometimes interspersed with enlarged scales and soft spines. All members of this genus have the unique defence, the ability to squirt a harmless, foul-smelling fluid from their tails, which can create a highly flammable substance when mixed with ammonia. This fluid is used to deter birds while they are perching in shrubbery,"
"Navy, the squadron VF-114 was nicknamed the Aardvarks, flying F-4s and then F-14s. The squadron mascot was adapted from the animal in the comic strip ""B.C."", which the F-4 was said to resemble. Cerebus the Aardvark is a 300-issue comic book series by Dave Sim. Aardvark The aardvark ( ; ""Orycteropus afer"") is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food. It roams over"
"Yakky Doodle Yakky Doodle is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yakky's name is a parody of ""Yankee Doodle"". Yakky Doodle (voiced by Jimmy Weldon to sound similar to Donald Duck) is an anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings who lives with his best friend Chopper the bulldog. Yakky is always one to run into danger when it is most expected. This usually comes in the form of the show's main antagonist Fibber Fox or secondary villain Alfy Gator. Chopper defends his ""Little Buddy"" fiercely, and is always ready to pound Fibber or any other enemy into oblivion if"
"Aardvark The aardvark ( ; ""Orycteropus afer"") is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food. It roams over most of the southern two-thirds of the African continent, avoiding areas that are mainly rocky. A nocturnal feeder, it subsists on ants and termites, which it will dig out of their hills using its sharp claws and powerful legs. It also digs to create burrows"
"Adventure"" retaining most of their traits. Screwy Squirrel is now voiced by Paul Reubens and Meathead is voiced by John DiMaggio. Screwy Squirrel Screwball ""Screwy"" Squirrel is a cartoon character, an anthropomorphic squirrel created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is generally considered the wackiest and outright most antagonistic of the screwball cartoon characters of the 1940s. Among the most outrageous cartoon characters ever created, Screwy can do almost anything to almost anyone: he pulls objects out of thin air, doubles himself, and constantly breaks the fourth wall, all the while uttering a characteristic cackling laugh. The character was not"
"Hynerpeton Hynerpeton (; from Hyner and Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (""herpetón""), ""creeping animal,"" meaning ""creeping animal from Hyner"") is an extinct genus of early four-limbed vertebrates that lived in the rivers and ponds of Pennsylvania during the Late Devonian period, around 365 to 363 million years ago. They are sometimes referred to as tetrapods, although the genus is placed outside the crown group Tetrapoda by the vast majority of paleontologists. A more accurate term would be ""stem-tetrapod"" or ""stegocephalian"", indicating that it was part of the lineage of animals that would lead to true tetrapods such as modern amphibians (Lissamphibia), reptiles,"
"(Shrieker), ""C. mexicana combustus"" (Ass-Blaster). It put them in the Sepioida order in the cephalopod class of mollusks, in a fictional family called Vermiformidae. Three varieties of Graboid are shown in the films. This number can be expanded to as many as four (juvenile Dirt Dragons as larvae, ""adult"" Graboids as pupae, Shriekers as sub-imagos, and Ass-Blasters as imagos) or reduced to as few as two (Dirt Dragons as larvae and Ass-Blasters as adults; similar to the sharp lexical division of amphibian metamorphosis into tadpole and frog/newt). Their division into three forms seems to be based on habitat or locomotion:"
"It may reach a total length of 40 mm. Spiky nudibranch The spiky nudibranch, ""Aphelodoris"" sp. 3, is an undescribed species of dorid nudibranch as designated by Zsilavecz, 2007. As at November 2009, it remained undescribed by science. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae. This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast on the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula in 10–35m of water. The spiky nudibranch is a white-bodied dorid with a spiky, bumpy skin and a few brown blotches of varying sizes on its notum. It has eight gills"
"Knocker (folklore) The Knocker, Knacker, Bwca (Welsh), Bucca (Cornish) or Tommyknocker (US) is a mythical creature in Welsh, Cornish and Devon folklore. It is the equivalent of the Irish leprechaun and English and Scottish brownie. The Cornish described the creature as a little person two feet tall, with a big head, long arms, wrinkled face, and white whiskers. It wears a tiny version of standard miner's garb and commits random mischief, such as stealing miners' unattended tools and food. The name comes from the knocking on the mine walls that happens just before cave-ins – actually the creaking of earth"
"Mr. Snuffleupagus Aloysius Snuffleupagus (), more commonly known as Mr. Snuffleupagus, Snuffleupagus or Snuffy for short, is one of the characters on ""Sesame Street"", an educational television program for young children. He is a woolly mammoth-like creature, without tusks or (visible) ears, and has a long thick pointed tail, similar in shape to that of a dinosaur (like a sauropod; in particular an Apatosaurus) or other reptile. He has long thick brown hair and a trunk, or ""snuffle"", that drags along the ground. He is Big Bird's best friend and has a baby sister named Alice. He also attends ""Snufflegarten""."
"binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ""Strophurus"". Strophurus Strophurus is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae. All species of ""Strophurus"" are endemic to Australia, and are sometimes given the common names spiny-tailed geckos or striped geckos. The species of this genus are long. The scales of the body are generally small and round, sometimes interspersed with enlarged scales and soft spines. All members of this genus have the unique defence, the ability to squirt a harmless, foul-smelling fluid from their tails, which can create a highly flammable substance"
"museum. Twenty years later, Jeffries admitted to the hoax. Jersey Devil In New Jersey folklore, the Jersey Devil (a.k.a. the Leeds Devil) is a legendary creature said to inhabit the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many variations. The common description is that of a kangaroo-like or wyvern-like creature with a goat- or horse-like head, leathery bat-like wings, horns, small arms with clawed hands, cloven hooves and a forked tail. It has been reported to move quickly and often is described as emitting a ""blood-curdling scream""."
"Pygopodidae Pygopodidae (commonly known as legless lizards, snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards) is a family of squamates with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. There are at least 35 species in two subfamilies and eight genera. They have unusually long, slender bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to snakes. Like snakes and most geckos, they have no eyelids, but unlike snakes, they have external ear holes and flat, unforked tongues. They are native to Australia and New Guinea. Pygopodids have no fore limbs at all, but they do possess vestigial hind limbs in the form of small,"
"Hippety Hopper Hippety Hopper is a young kangaroo cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" series of cartoons. Robert McKimson introduced Hippety Hopper in ""Hop, Look and Listen"" (1948), which established the pattern for future Hippety Hopper cartoons. Hippety Hopper cartoons have a typical formula: Hopper escapes from a zoo, circus, etc., and is mistaken for a giant mouse by Sylvester the Cat. Frequently, Hopper changes places with an actual mouse, generally when it is most embarrassing for Sylvester. Sylvester tries to capture and eat his ""prey"", but the innocent and infantile Hippety mistakes Sylvester's predations for a game"
"Skvader The skvader () is a Swedish fictional creature that was constructed in 1918 by the taxidermist Rudolf Granberg and is permanently displayed at the museum at Norra Berget in Sundsvall. It has the forequarters and hindlegs of a European hare (""Lepus europaeus""), and the back, wings and tail of a female wood grouse (""Tetrao urogallus""). It was later jokingly given the Latin name ""Tetrao lepus pseudo-hybridus rarissimus"" L. The name is a combination of two words, and this is the explanation provided by the ""Svenska Akademiens ordbok"" (Dictionary of the Swedish Academy): ""The prefix ""skva-"" from 'skvattra' (quack or"
"extraterrestrial Duck who landed on earth in a spaceship in the shape of a coin. He, however, lost his spaceship and befriended Scrooge, and now is allowed to search through his money bin time after time, looking for his ship. Romano Scarpa (1927–2005), who was a very important and influential Italian Disney artist, created Brigitta McBridge, a female Duck who is madly in love with Scrooge. Her affections are never answered by him, though, but she keeps trying. Scarpa also came up with Dickie Duck, the granddaughter of Glittering Goldie (Scrooge's possible love-interest from his days in the Klondike) and"
"to keep the common scaly-foot as a pet in Australia. Common scaly-foot The common scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) is a widespread species of legless lizard in the Pygopodidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Mostly active at dusk or dawn (crepuscular), it can be nocturnal after high daytime temperatures. It lives in long grasses, heaths, and woodlands, and is most often seen on warm mornings, foraging for food. When threatened, the scaly-foot flashes its thick, fleshy tongue, in an apparent mimicry of snakes. Usually two eggs are laid per clutch. Its diet includes a variety of invertebrates such as burrowing spiders."
"Diporiphora winneckei Diporiphora winneckei (the canegrass dragon, blue-lined dragon or Winnecke's two-pored dragon) is a small, terrestrial, diurnal (active during the day) lizard endemic to Australia. It is found in throughout arid zones of Australia and is also a common house pet. The specific name, ""winneckei"", is in honor of Australian explorer Charles George A. Winnecke (1856–1902). ""Diporiphora winneckei"" is a slim lizard with a long tail and limbs, approximately in length. It is a grey or pale brown to reddish-brown colour, with a thick grey ventral band that runs from the nape to the tail. It also has creamy-yellow"
"Scrooge McDuck Scrooge McDuck is a fictional character created in 1947 by Carl Barks as a work-for-hire for The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is an elderly Scottish anthropomorphic Pekin duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez glasses, and spats. He is portrayed in animations as speaking with a Scottish accent. Named after Ebenezer Scrooge from the 1843 novel ""A Christmas Carol"", Scrooge is an incredibly wealthy business magnate and self-proclaimed ""adventure-capitalist"" whose dominant character trait is his thrift. He is brother to Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck,"
"characteristics can be used to distinguish legless lizards (including the hooded scaly-foot) from snakes: Hooded scaly-foot The hooded scaly-foot, ""Pygopus nigriceps"", is an endemic Australian legless lizard of the family Pygopodidae. Adult hooded scaly-foots range from 45 to 55 cm long, with an average snout to vent length of 22.7 cm. Females are generally larger than males. Hooded scaly-foots show no trace of forelimbs, whilst the hind limbs are reduced to scaly flaps. These hind limbs are small and paddle-shaped, with modified scales which do not aid in movement. The scales of the hooded scaly-foot are smooth and weakly glossed."
"Parasuta dwyeri Parasuta dwyeri, commonly called Dwyer's snake, whip snake and variable black-naped snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia, where it is found from New South Wales to South Queensland. While closely related to Australian sea snakes, ""P. dwyeri"" is a terrestrial reptile. The specific name, ""dwyeri"", is in honor of Australian herpetologist John Dwyer. There has been a great amount of instability of the nomenclature of many Australian snake taxa, particularly concerning the generic classification of the smaller Elapidae, some of which have been placed in several different"