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Bird goddess – Vinca figures of a woman with a bird head. Cuca - A creature from Brazilian folklore and female counterpart of the Coco that is depicted as a witch with the head of an alligator. It will catch and eat children that disobey their parents. Gamayun – A Russian creature portrayed with the head of a woman and the body of a bird.
Cuban trogon (national bird) Priotelus temnurus [20] Denmark: Red squirrel (national mammal) Sciurus vulgaris [21] Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor [21] Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae [21] Dominica: Sisserou parrot (national bird) Amazona imperalis [22] El Salvador: Turquoise-browed motmot (national bird) Eumomota ...
A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham), or Henry Pelham (Boy with a Squirrel), is a 1765 painting by the American-born painter John Singleton Copley. It depicts Copley's teenaged half-brother Henry Pelham with a pet flying squirrel , a creature commonly found in colonial American portraits as a symbol of the sitter's refinement.
Award-winning photographer Tom Nickels captures the beauty and grace of Finland’s birds, transforming its serene forests and icy lakes into breathtaking stages for his art. Initially drawn to ...
Backside of Tibetan 25 tam banknote, dated 1659 of the Tibetan Era (= 1913 CE).On the right, the four harmonious animals are represented. A popular scene often found as wall paintings in Tibetan religious buildings represents an elephant standing under a fruit tree carrying a monkey, a hare and a bird (usually a partridge, but sometimes a grouse, and in Bhutan a hornbill) on top of each other ...
The southern flying squirrel or the assapan (Glaucomys volans) is one of three species of flying squirrels found in North America. It is found in deciduous and mixed woods in the eastern half of North America , from southeastern Canada to Florida .
In most squirrel species, the hind limbs are longer than the forelimbs, while all species have either four or five toes on each foot. The feet, which include an often poorly developed thumb, have soft pads on the undersides [14] and versatile, sturdy claws for grasping and climbing. [15] Tree squirrels, unlike most mammals, can descend a tree ...
Originally a “crowd-funded” gadget on Indiegogo in 2020, Bird Buddy is the first mainstream “smart” bird feeder that takes photos and videos of birds in your backyard or front yard, and ...