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Hogswatch: a holiday celebrated in the fictional Discworld. It is very similar to the Christian celebration of Christmas. Frostvale: the winter holidays in the Artix Entertainment universe; Decemberween: 25 December – a parody of Christmas that features gift-giving, carol-singing and decorated trees. The fact that it takes place on 25 ...
Alligator snapping turtles have been found throughout Italy beginning in the early 2000s. [41] Certain EU countries have strong laws against keeping the alligator snapping turtle without permission, as it is an invasive species. [42] In February 2024, a single male was found in Urswick Tarn in Cumbria, England. [43]
In Poland during holidays on 1 and 3 May, when taking a few days of leave can result in 9-day-long holidays; this is called The Picnic (or Majówka). In Japan, golden-week lasts roughly a full week. Then, in 2007, the law was amended so that if any 2 public holidays occur both on a weekday and are separated by a day, then that intermediate day ...
The holiday of the autumnal equinox is known variously among neopagans as Mabon, Harvest Home, or Feast of the Ingathering. A name used by neo-druids is Alban Elfed . [ 36 ] It is a neopagan festival of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them to secure the blessings of the Goddess and the Gods during ...
An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae in the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator (A. mississippiensis) and the Chinese alligator (A. sinensis). Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains.
The Chinese alligator split from the American alligator about 33 million years ago [8] and likely descended from a lineage that crossed the Bering land bridge during the Neogene. The modern American alligator is well represented in the fossil record of the Pleistocene. [9] The alligator's full mitochondrial genome was sequenced in the 1990s. [10]
The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei / h oʊ ˈ l ɒ s t i aɪ /, being most closely related to the bowfins. It is the largest species in the gar family (Lepisosteidae), and is among the largest freshwater fish in North America .