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Alicanto – bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver [1] Anqa – large mysterious or fabulous female bird; Anzû (Mesopotamian) – massive bird who can breathe fire and water; Bare-fronted Hoodwink – bird with the ability to be "almost seen" Bird People. Alkonost – female with body of a bird
Legendary creatures of the United States. Supernatural animals , often hybrids , sometimes part human , whose existence has not or cannot be proved and that are described in folklore , but also in historical accounts written before history became a science.
The "DF to Minecraft" utility allows players to view their Dwarf Fortress maps by converting them into Minecraft structures. [70] Adams has acknowledged the role of the community in supporting development and endorsed third-party tools, visualizers and interface code; indeed, he has said that he admires third-party developers who create tools ...
In their world, ancient lava flows, which solidified into smooth rivers of rock running across the land, serve as roads. The Mulefa have a symbiotic relationship with the seedpod trees – their use of the pods on the "roads" allows the pods' extremely hard exteriors to crack and the seeds to emerge.
Microlophus albemarlensis, the Galápagos Lava lizard, also known as the Albemarle Lava lizard, is a species of Lava lizard.It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where it occurs on several islands in the western archipelago: the large islands Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Santiago and Santa Fe, as well as several smaller islands: Seymour, Baltra, Plaza Sur, Daphne Major and Rábida. [2]
Caves that are close to the surface, such as lava tubes, often have tree roots hanging from the cave roof, which provide nutrients for sap-feeding insects. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Other important food sources in underground habitats are animals being decomposed and bat guano , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] that creates large invertebrate communities in such caves.
Timotheus of Gaza (On Animals, 53) says that the catoblepas emits fire from its nostrils. Claudius Aelianus (On the Nature of Animals, 7.6) provided a fuller description: the creature was a mid-sized herbivore, about the size of a domestic bull, with a heavy mane, narrow, bloodshot eyes, a scaly back and shaggy eyebrows. The head was so heavy ...
A lake creature similar to the Loch Ness Monster, found in Lake Ikeda on Kyūshū. Itsumade An eerie fire-breathing reptilian bird monster with an almost human face, named for its cry. Ittan-momen A roll of cotton from Kagoshima Prefecture that has come to life as a tsukumogami and now attempts to smother people by wrapping itself around their ...