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The Egyptian plover is found across equatorial Africa and along the Nile River. It has a mutualistic relationship with Nile crocodiles by eating food and parasites from their opened mouths. This is also reflected in the Ancient Egyptian name of the bird according to a Demotic dreambook (papyrus Vienna D 6104): b3k msh "servant of the crocodile".
The syncretized god Seker-Osiris. His iconography combines that of Osiris (atef-crown, crook and flail) and Seker (hawk head, was-sceptre). Seker (/ ˈ s ɛ k ər /; also spelled Sokar, and in Greek, Sokaris or Socharis) is a hawk or falcon god of the Memphite necropolis in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the dead.
Snow leopard (national predator) Panthera uncia [45] Panama: Harpy eagle (national bird) Harpia harpyja [47] Peru: Andean cock-of-the-rock (national bird) Rupicola peruviana [48] Philippines: Philippine eagle (national bird) Pithecophaga jefferyi [49] Qatar: Arabian oryx (national animal) Oryx leucoryx [50] Saint Kitts and Nevis: Brown pelican ...
The flag of the United Arab Republic in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly [5] 1922–1958: Royal flight flag: The flag of Egypt from 1922 to 1958 in the canton on a sky blue field with the roundel at the fly [6] 1922–1958: Air force ensign of Egypt: 1932–1958: Air Force rank flag of the Commander in Chief: 1932–1958
The Summary. A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors expressed their agreement.
A gay Georgia couple convicted of sickening sexually abuse of their two adopted sons will spend the rest of the lives behind bars.. William and Zachary Zulock, 34 and 36, were each sentenced last ...
Three years after the original suspect in a nearly 40-year-old double murder was exonerated based on DNA evidence and freed from prison after 20 years, a Georgia man has been arrested and charged ...
The crowned eagle, also known as the African crowned eagle or the crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa; in Southern Africa, it is restricted to more easterly areas. [2] Its preferred habitats are principally riparian woodlands and various forests. [2]