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Nahal Taninim or Tanninim (Hebrew: נחל תנינים, lit. 'Crocodiles Stream') or Wadi az-Zarka (Arabic: وَادِي الزرقاء, lit. 'Blue Stream') is a river in Israel near the Arab town Jisr az-Zarqa, originating near Ramot Menashe and emptying into the Mediterranean Sea south of Ma'agan Michael.
Tel Tanninim (Hebrew: תל תנינים, lit. 'Crocodiles Mound'), in Arabic Tell al-Milāt (lit. 'Mortar Mound'), [1] is an ancient tell (archaeological mound) on the shore of the Mediterranean, near the mouth of Nahal Tanninim ('Crocodiles Stream'), in the vicinity of the modern Arab town of Jisr az-Zarka, Israel.
The reptiles of Israel live in environments ranging from the Negev Desert to the Red Sea, from the Jordan River to the Judaean Mountains. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature :
The abandoned tomb had 10 reptilian mummies, photos show.
The largest predator in Israel was the Arabian leopard which is now also believed to be extinct [3] due to the lack of sightings since 2011. In the modern age many mammal populations such as the sand cat are in a high risk of extinction. In total there are 57 species of mammals which are endangered (as of 2002) out of the total 104 species. [4]
Rabbi Berger pointed to a Biblical prophecy which hails the appearance of a new star as the precursor to the Messiah's arrival, laid out in Numbers 24:17 of the Israel Bible:
“They have amazing, piercing green eyes, and they really fix you with them.”
National animals of the Levant: Arabian oryx (Jordan), mountain gazelle and hoopoe (), striped hyena (Lebanon), Palestine sunbird (Palestine), and saker falcon (Syria). The wildlife of the Levant encompasses all types of wild plants and animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fresh and saltwater fish, and invertebrates, that inhabit the region historically known as the Levant ...