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Roblox occasionally hosts real-life and virtual events. They have in the past hosted events such as BloxCon, which was a convention for ordinary players on the platform. [46] Roblox operates annual Easter egg hunts [52] and also hosts an annual event called the "Bloxy Awards", an awards ceremony that also functions as a fundraiser. The 2020 ...
The genus name "Mascaraneus" means "spider of the Mascarene Islands"; mixing the word "Mascarene" with the Latin word for "spider" araneus. The specific name remotus is derived from the Latin word for "remote", referring to the isolated type locality (Serpent Island). [2] The holotype of Mascaraneus remotus is desiccated, missing the third ...
Scolopendra abnormis, the Serpent Island centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae that is endemic to Mauritius. [1] It only occurs on two outlying islands, Round Island and Serpent Island. On Serpent Island it is very common, reaching densities among adults of 12 per square metre (1.1 per square foot) in suitable ...
The name Worm's Head is derived from an Old English word 'wyrm' for 'sea serpent'. [1] The headland of carboniferous limestone comprises three islands: the Inner Head, the Middle Head which features a collapsed sea cave which is known as the Devil's Bridge, and the Outer Head. [2] In total, it is approximately one mile long.
Agunua (alternate name Hatuibwari) is the cosmic serpent god of the people of San Cristobal Island (now better known as Makira) of the Solomon Islands, He is the chief god, and all other gods are only an aspect of him. The first coconut from each tree is sacred to Agunua. He is also the god of the sea.
The 4th century Roman poet Rufius Festus Avienius, writing on geographical subjects in Ora Maritima ("Seacoasts"), a document inspired by a Greek mariners' Periplus, related that the Oestriminis (Extreme West in Latin) was peopled by the Oestrimni, a people who had been living there for a long time; they had to flee their homeland after an invasion of serpents.
The Durrell's night gecko was described as a subspecies of the Serpent Island gecko, [3] and further erected as a new species in 2000. [4]When naming it as a new subspecies in 1994, Arnold and Jones used durrelli, which is genitive singular, as the subspecific name.
Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island, White Island, Island of Achilles or Zmiinyi Island (Ukrainian: острів Зміїний, romanized: ostriv Zmiinyi; Romanian: Insula Șerpilor), is a Ukrainian island located in the Black Sea, near the Danube Delta, with an important role in delimiting Ukrainian territorial waters