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If people relent, they begin to feel extremely ill. Ghost – A lost soul or spirit that can be good or evil. Hat Man – A living shadow, often depicted with glowing red eyes and wearing a distinctive type of hat- usually a top hat or bowler cap. Mummy – Deceased human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by mummification.
Some sharks can be induced into tonic immobility by inverting them and restraining them by hand, e.g. dogfish sharks, lemon sharks, whitetip reef sharks. [ 7 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] For tiger sharks (measuring 3–4 metres in length), tonic immobility can be induced by humans placing their hands lightly on the sides of the animal's snout in the ...
A chicken being "hypnotized" A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance, with its head down near the ground, by drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at the beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will continue to stare at the line and ...
Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to change their behavior, a new study shows. These apes can tell when ...
Cynanthropy (sometimes spelled kynanthropy; from Ancient Greek: κύων / kúōn, 'dog' + ἄνθρωπος / ánthrōpos, 'man; human') is, in psychiatry, the pathological delusion of real persons that they are dogs [1] and in anthropology and folklore, the supposed magical practice of shape-shifting alternately between dog and human form, or the possession of combined canine and human ...
Animals in folklore that are depicted as being anthropomorphic (having human-like behavior and physical traits). Subcategories This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
“I can’t think of any reason to oppose this approach — assuming safety and efficacy — unless one is an animal-rights believer who thinks that pigs have equal value to humans. But they don’t.
They can be based on various reptiles, like lizards, crocodiles, alligators, snakes, dinosaurs, and the fictional dragons. They are often depicted as powerful warriors, though their relative intelligence to humans varies – as with other anthropomorphic races, a greater resemblance to humans often denotes more "civilized" behavior.