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Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
This is a list of fictional cetaceans, including dolphins and whales, that appear in video games, film, television, animation, comics and literature. The list is limited to notable, named characters. This list is a subsidiary to the List of fictional animals article.
Fastitocalon, the central character in the poem, is the last of the mighty turtle-fish. This poem is well known to the Hobbits. It tells of how Fastitocalon's huge size, a "whale-island", [5] enticed sailors to land on its back. After the sailors lit a fire upon Fastitocalon, it dived underwater, causing the sailors to drown.
11. A memory phone can store photos with names and contact information. 12. Puzzles and activity books stimulate the brain and promote cognitive sharpness.. 13. Card games and board games ...
An Australian man is accused of murdering his wife with a homemade spear. Talaat Hawatt, also known as Terrance Howot, is accused of having attacked his wife Khouloud Bakour Hawatt with the weapon ...
The backpack, which was later found with fake money from a Monopoly game inside following the shooting, appears to be an older version of an Everyday Backpack made by San Francisco-based Peak ...
Ceirean, [1] Cirein-cròin [1] or cionarain-crò [2] was a large sea monster in Scottish Gaelic folklore. An old saying claims that it was so large that it fed on seven whales: Local folklores say this huge animal can disguise itself as a small silver fish when fishermen came in contact with it. [3]
Riddles are an internationally widespread feature of oral literatures and scholars have not doubted that they were traditional to Old English culture. [1] But the history of riddles as a literary genre in England seems to be rooted in an influential collection of late Antique Latin riddles, possibly from north Africa, attributed to a poet called Symphosius, whose work English scholars emulated ...