"Asterias forbesi Asterias forbesi, commonly known as Forbes sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is found in shallow waters in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. ""Asterias forbesi"" usually has 5 arms but occasionally has 4 or 6. Like many starfish species, the upper surface is covered in blunt conical projections giving it a rough feel. Some of these are pedicellariae, minute pincers that can grip objects. The arms are plump, broad at the base and tapering to a blunt tip. This starfish grows to about in diameter with an arm length"
"Obelix's name is a pun on the French word ""obélisque"" (obelisk), suggested by rotund physique and his habit of casually carrying heavy stone monuments (Menhir) around with him. In fact ""obelisk"" is also (in both French and English) a variant of the word obelus (""obèle""), a typographical mark (""†"") often found in a companion role to that of the asterisk, after which his friend Asterix is named. Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted"
"as they mourned for their lost brother, Meleagor, so she transformed them into Guinea Fowl to be her favorite animals. Hawks were the favored birds of many of the gods, Artemis included. The oldest representations of Artemis in Greek Archaic art portray her as ""Potnia Theron"" (""Queen of the Beasts""): a winged goddess holding a stag and leopard in her hands, or sometimes a leopard and a lion. This winged Artemis lingered in ex-votos as Artemis Orthia, with a sanctuary close by Sparta. In Greek classical art she is usually portrayed as a maiden huntress, young, tall and slim, clothed"
"are viviparous. The biology of these snakes is poorly known and further study has been recommended. The specific name, ""hidalgoensis"", is composed of ""hidalgo-"", which refers to the Mexican state in which the type specimen was collected, and the Latin suffix <br>""-ensis"", which means ""belonging to"". Storeria hidalgoensis Storeria hidalgoensis, commonly known as the Mexican yellow-bellied brown snake, is a nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. First considered a Mexican population of ""Storeria occipitomaculata"" by Storer in 1839, ""Storeria hidalgoensis"" was described as separate species in 1942 by Taylor. In"
"meriana"" and a split-banded owlet butterfly ""Opsiphanes cassina merianae"". The Cuban sphinx moth has been named ""Erinnyis merianae"". A bug with no common name has been named ""Plisthenes merianae"". A genus of mantises has been named ""Sibylla"". The bird-eating spider ""Avicularia merianae"" was named in her honour, referencing her research on spiders. The spider ""Metellina merianae"" was named after her in 2017. The Argentine black-and-white tegu lizard has been named ""Salvator merianae"". The cane toad was named ""Rhinella merianae"". A snail with no common name was named ""Coquandiella meriana"". The Madagascan African stonechat bird was given the name ""Saxicola torquatus"
"Alebrije Alebrijes () are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical (fantasy/mythical) creatures. The first alebrijes, along with use of the term, originated with Pedro Linares. In the 1930s, Linares fell very ill and while he was in bed, unconscious, Linares dreamt of a strange place resembling a forest. There, he saw trees, animals, rocks, clouds that suddenly turned into something strange, some kind of animals, but, unknown animals. He saw a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with bull horns, a lion with an eagle head, and all of them were shouting one word, ""Alebrijes"". Upon recovery, he"
"Centruroides gracilis Centruroides gracilis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae, the bark scorpions. Its common names include Florida bark scorpion, brown bark scorpion, and slender brown scorpion. In Cuba it is known as alacran prieto (""dusky scorpion"") and alacran azul (""blue scorpion""). It is native to northern parts of the middle Americas, including Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. It is present in other parts as an introduced species, including Cuba, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Florida in the United States. It is also introduced in parts of Africa, including Cameroon and Gabon, as well as the Canary"
"Bothrops atrox Bothrops atrox — also known as the common lancehead, fer-de-lance, barba amarilla and mapepire balsain — is a venomous pit viper species found in the tropical lowlands of northern South America east of the Andes. No subspecies are currently recognized. The common lancehead was one of the many reptile and amphibian species described by Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"", where it was given the binomial name of ""Coluber atrox"". Common names include lancehead, ""fer-de-lance"", ""barba amarilla"", and ""mapepire balsain"", among others. The Spanish common name ""barba amarilla"" (yellow beard), an allusion to"
"Storeria Storeria is a genus of colubrid snakes, endemic to North America and Central America. The genus consists of five species, four of which are known as brown snakes, and the other of which is known as the redbelly snake. Species in the genus ""Storeria"" are found in the eastern half of the United States and southern Canada and range south through Mexico and northern Central America. The genus is named in honor of American physician and naturalist David Humphreys Storer (1804–1891). As their common name implies, most snakes of the genus ""Storeria"" are a variant of brown in color."
"gave the name ""Cerberus"" to a genus of Asian snakes, which are commonly called ""dog-faced water snakes"" in English. Cerberus In Greek mythology, Cerberus (; ""Kerberos"" ), often called the ""hound of Hades"", is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Cerberus was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and usually is described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from parts of his body. Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by Heracles, one of Heracles' twelve labours. Descriptions of Cerberus vary, including"
"Perseus and Andromeda (Rubens) Perseus and Andromeda is a 1622 painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens featuring the ancient Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda after the former's defeat of the Gorgon. The paintings shows the Gorgon's reflection on Perseus' shield. The painting also shows Tobiano Pegasus, the goddess of glory over Perseus' head and several putti. The bottom of the painting partially shows Cetus, killed by Perseus earlier. This painting probably remained in Rubens' house until his death; an engraving from 1684, depicting the facade of Rubens' house in Antwerp, shows the painting through the window of"
"main predators in North Africa were the Barbary leopard, the Barbary lion, and caracal, but now only humans threaten their populations. The binomial name ""Ammotragus lervia"" derives from the Greek ""ammos"" (""sand"", referring to the sand-coloured coat) and ""tragos"" (""goat""). ""Lervia"" derives from the wild sheep of northern Africa described as ""lerwee"" by Rev. T. Shaw in his ""Travels and Observations"" about parts of Barbary and Levant. The Spanish named this sheep the ""arruis"", and the Spanish Legion even used it as a mascot for a time. ""Aoudad"" () is the name for this sheep used by the Berbers, a"
"Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his fatness, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again, a"
"and for its skin. The mantled guereza has many alternative common names including the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, the magistrate colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus. The name ""mantled"" refers to its mantle, the long silky white fringes of hair that run along its body and ""guereza"" is the native name of the monkey in Ethiopia. The scientific name ""Colobus"" derives from Greek ""kolobus"" meaning ""mutilated"" which refers to its lack of thumbs. The mantled guereza was discovered by Eduard Rüppell, a German naturalist and explorer, during his trip to Abyssinia between 1830 and 1834. He wrote about the"
"main characters, called the Red Horn, is an Aatxe. In the 1982 film The Last Unicorn, a monster called The Red Bull appears to have many similarities to the Aatxe. Such similarities include dwelling in a cave, and only emerging from his lair at night. He is also described as a ghost by the character Prince Lir. Aatxe Aatxe () is a spirit in the folk mythology of the Basque people. His name is literally translated as ""Young Bull"", and he is sometimes known as Etsai. He is a cave-dwelling spirit who adopts the form of a young red bull,"
"depicts Hercules and the dog on the beach, with the dog's mouth stained. Although the snail in the story should be a spiny murex, the kind of snail from which Tyrian purple was made, Rubens instead depicts a large smooth shell that resembles a nautilus. Rubens' painting was originally part of a cycle of paintings of Hercules, which Rubens painted for the Habsburg rulers of Spain as sketch for a painting intended to decorate their Torre de la Parada, a hunting lodge. The paintings of the cycle contain allegorical references to the Habsburgs and the wealth they had obtained from"
"Asterix (character) Asterix (; ) is a fictional character and the titular hero of the French comic book series ""Asterix"". The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. Asterix was created in 1959 by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. Since then, thirty-five books in the series have been released, with Uderzo taking over writing duties after the death of Goscinny in 1977. Asterix has also appeared in several animated and live-action film adaptations of the series, and serves as the mascot of the amusement park Parc"
"Cuélebre Cuélebre (Asturian) or Culebre (Cantabrian), is a giant winged serpent-dragon of the Asturian and Cantabrian mythology, that lives in a cave, guards treasures and keeps ""xanas"" / ""anjanas"" as prisoners. Although they are immortal, they grow old as the time goes by and their scales become thick and impenetrable, and bat wings grow in their bodies. They don't usually move, and when they do it, it is in order to eat cattle and people. One can kill the cuélebre giving him as meal a red-hot stone or a bread full of pins. Its spit it is said to turn"
"for a weapon, writing ""al-`aşā dhāt al-kullāb"" (العصا ذات الكلاب), which means ""the spearshaft having a hook"". When the Arabic text was later translated into Latin, the translator Gerard of Cremona mistook ""kullāb"", meaning ""hook"", for ""kilāb"" (which looks the same in unvowelled Arabic text), meaning ""dogs"", writing ""hastile habens canes"" (""spearshaft having dogs""). In 1533, the German astronomer Peter Apian depicted Boötes as having two dogs with him. These spurious dogs floated about the astronomical literature until Hevelius decided to specify their presence in the sky by making them a separate constellation in 1687. Hevelius chose the name ""Asterion"""
"Storeria hidalgoensis Storeria hidalgoensis, commonly known as the Mexican yellow-bellied brown snake, is a nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. First considered a Mexican population of ""Storeria occipitomaculata"" by Storer in 1839, ""Storeria hidalgoensis"" was described as separate species in 1942 by Taylor. In 1944 it was reassigned as a subspecies of ""Storeria occipitomaculata"" by Trapido, and then in 1993 Flores-Villela reinstated it to full species rank, based partly on allopatry. Some feel that this re-evaluation to full species rank requires additional study. The holotype of this species is deposited"
"a male tortoise, sometimes he gets confused and lays eggs. Matias has given him a lot of different names and then changes back to the original name he chose, but the tortoise wants to be called Rodriguez. The cockroach: A cockroach from the comic strip ""Prudencio"", that is now in this comic strip. Catalina: Matias' bottle-dog pet. Lazlo: Matias' friend from Europe. Juan: A three/four-year-old kid, neighbor of Matias. Prudencio y Matías Yo, Matias 1 Yo, Matias 2 Yo, Matias 3 Yo, Matias 4 Yo, Matias 5 Yo, Matias 6 Yo, Matias 7 Yo, Matias 8 Yo, Matias 9 Yo,"
"from the Greek words ""bothros"" and ""ops"", which mean ""pit"" and ""face"" (or ""eye""), respectively. This is a reference to these snakes' highly sensitive heat-detecting pit organs. The specific epithet, ""asper"", which is a Latin word meaning ""rough"" or ""harsh"", may allude to the species' keeled dorsal scales. Some of the common names applied to this snake are ""terciopelo"", ""fer-de-lance"", ""Mapepire balsain"" (Trinidad), Carpet Labaria (Guyana), ""barba amarilla"" (Guatemala, Honduras; ""yellow beard""), ""equis"" (Ecuador & Panama; ""x""), ""taya equis"" (Colombia), ""cuaima"" (Venezuela), ""nauyaca"" (México; from Nahuatl ""nahui"", four, and ""yacatl"", nose; ""four noses""), and ""yellow-jaw tommygoff"" (Belize). The name ""fer-de-lance"""
"upwards. The teeth themselves are small and serrated - designed to grasp and shear food. Iguana Iguana (, ) is a genus of herbivorous lizards that are native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The genus was first described in 1768 by Austrian naturalist Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in his book ""Specimen Medicum, Exhibens Synopsin Reptilium Emendatam cum Experimentis circa Venena"". Two species are included in the genus ""Iguana"": the green iguana, which is widespread throughout its range and a popular pet, and the Lesser Antillean iguana, which is native to the Lesser Antilles and"
"Guajona The Guajona (; ) or Lumia is a blood-sucking creature of Cantabrian legends, resembling a disfigured human female, resembling to an extent the witches and hags of medieval European folklore, with features specific to her feeding habits. She is covered from head to toe in an old thin black cloak, her hands and feet are gnarled bird legs, her face is yellow with consumed, rough and hairy warts, her eyes are tiny and bright as stars, aquiline nose and mouth provided with a single black razor sharp tooth that is so long it reach down to her under chin"
"Rulyrana Rulyrana is a small genus of glass frogs. They are found in South America, on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia, as well as on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central and the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia. The generic name ""Rulyrana"" honors and who have ""contributed enormously to the understanding of centrolenid diversity, biology, and evolution"". The name is made up from the two first letters of their surnames in combination with ""rana"" for frog. In addition, ""Ruly"" is the nickname of Martín Bustamante, who has also contributed"
"Chupacabra The chupacabra or chupacabras (, literally ""goat-sucker""; from ""chupar"", ""to suck"", and ""cabra"", ""goat"") is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas, with its first purported sightings reported in Puerto Rico. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, including goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. It is purportedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported"
"Celestus warreni Celestus warreni, commonly known as Warren's galliwasp or the giant Hispaniolan galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola. The specific name, ""warreni"", is in honor of Mr. C. Rhea Warren who collected herpetological specimens on Île de la Tortue. ""C. warreni"" is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The natural habitat of ""C. warreni"" is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests underneath leaf litter and underneath forest debris. The giant Hispaniolan galliwasp is an opportunistic predator that feed on insects, earthworms, small mammals, and other"
"North African ostrich (""Struthio camelus camelus"", LC); ferruginous duck (""Aythya nyroca"", NT); lesser flamingo (""Phoenicopterus minor"", NT); white-backed vulture (""Gyps africanus"", NT); Rueppell's griffon (""Gyps rueppellii"", NT); pallid harrier (""Circus macrourus"", NT); red kite (""Milvus milvus"", NT); Stanley bustard (""Neotis denhami"", NT); Nubian bustard (""Neotis nuba"", NT); corn crake (""Crex crex"", NT); black crowned crane (""Balearica pavonina"", NT); Eurasian curlew (""Numenius arquata"", NT); black-tailed godwit (""Limosa limosa"", NT); great snipe (""Gallinago media"", NT); African skimmer (""Rynchops flavirostris"", NT); European roller (""Coracias garrulus"", NT); red-footed falcon (""Falco vespertinus"", NT); sooty falcon (""Falco concolor"", NT); white-headed vulture (""Trigonoceps occipitalis"", VU); Beaudouin's snake-eagle"
"Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye or The Discovery of Purple by Hercules' Dog is an oil painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens painted circa 1636, towards the end of his career. It depicts the mythical discovery of Tyrian purple by Hercules and his dog, and was one of dozens of oil on panel sketches made by Rubens for the decoration of the Torre de la Parada in Spain. A completed painting based on Rubens' sketch was made by Theodoor van Thulden in 1636-8, and is now held by the Prado Museum. The painting shows"
"Astérix. Before that, he was also the mascot of the magazine ""Pilote"". Asterix is a diminutive but fearless and cunning warrior, ever eager for new adventures. He lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly equivalent to modern Brittany). This village is celebrated as the only part of Gaul still not conquered by Julius Caesar and his Roman legions. The inhabitants of the village gain superhuman strength by drinking a magic potion prepared by the druid, Getafix (). The village is surrounded by, on one side, the ocean, and on the"
"""Systema Naturae"". Common basilisk The common basilisk (""Basiliscus basiliscus"") is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is endemic to Central America and South America, where it is found near rivers and streams in rainforests. It is also known as the Jesus Christ lizard, Jesus lizard, South American Jesus lizard, or lagarto de Jesus Cristo for its ability to run on the surface of water. The common basilisk can be distinguished from similar species within its range by its large size and the high fin-like crest along its back. Most common basilisks are brown and cream in"
"otter (""Enhydra lutris""), bearded seal (""Erignathus barbatus""), donkey (""Equus asinus""), cougars (""Felis concolor coryi"", ""Felis concolor stanleyana""), bobcat (""Felis rufus floridanus""), Atlantic white-sided dolphins (""Lagenorhynchus acutus""), guanaco (""Lama guanicoe""), alpaca (""Vicugna pacos""), otter (""Lutra lutra""), wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""), Bartels's spiny rat (""Maxomys bartelsii""), Musschenbroek's spiny rat (""Maxomys musschenbroekii""), prairie vole (""Microtus ochrogaster""), common European weasel (""Mustela nivalis""), mink (""Mustela vison""), muskrat (""Ondatra zibethica""), mountain goats (""Oreamnos americanus""), Grant's gazelle (""Nanger granti""), slow loris (""Nycticebus coucang""), African lions (""Panthera leo""), leopard (""Panthera pardus""), tiger (""Panthera tigris""), baboon (""Papio cynocephalus""), Pacific harbor seal (""Phoca vitulina richardsi"") chamois (""Rupicapra rupicapra""), Polynesian rat"
"Artemiz Artemiz is a fictional character, and extraterrestrial hunter published by DC Comics. Artemiz first appeared in ""Suicide Squad"" #35 (November 1989) and was created by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell. A member of the Female Furies, Granny Goodness' cadre of female warriors, Artemiz is a fierce archer that uses her bow and arrows as a weapon, as well as her cyberpak, Unus, Secondus, and Tertius, a trio of ferocious cybernetic wolves. Artemiz was not one of the original Furies, but rather joined after Lashina was betrayed by Bernadeth and left on Earth. Granny Goodness recruited Artemiz into the Furies"