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Octopus. An octopus ( pl.: octopuses or octopodes[ a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda ( / ɒkˈtɒpədə /, ok-TOP-ə-də[ 3] ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, an octopus is bilaterally symmetric ...
His black blood seeped into the ground as he died and became the black-rooted plant moly, which has been suggested to be a member of the Galanthus genus. Pitys ("pine") Pine: Gaia Pan loved Pitys, a young nymph, who rejected his love. Pan chased her, but she fled from him, and she disappeared into the arms of Gaia, the earth, turning into a ...
The Moro reflex is an infantile reflex that develops between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation and disappears at 3–6 months of age. It is a response to a sudden loss of support and involves three distinct components: [ 1] spreading out the arms ( abduction) pulling the arms in ( adduction) crying (usually) It is distinct from the startle reflex. [ 2]
The SAG-nominated actor was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. In a rare appearance, Vaughn and wife Kyla Weber were joined by their children Locklyn, 13, and Vernon, 11 ...
A dancing gana, Dashavatara temple, Deogarh. A charnel ground (Sanskrit: श्मशान; IAST: śmaśāna; Tibetan pronunciation: durtrö; Tibetan: དུར་ཁྲོད, Wylie: dur khrod) [1] is an above-ground site for the putrefaction of bodies, generally human, where formerly living tissue is left to decompose uncovered. Although it ...
Their domain is in the enchanted underworld, the underground realm filled with gems, gold and other earthly treasures called Naga-loka or Patala-loka. They are also often associated with bodies of waters — including rivers, lakes, seas, and wells — and are guardians of treasure. [10] Their power and venom make them potentially dangerous to ...
A Persian medical treatise written in 1376 tells how to cure cannibalistic people known as kaftar who are said to be "half-man, half-hyena". [12] Al-Doumairy in his writings in Hawayan Al-Koubra (1406) wrote that striped hyenas were vampiric creatures that attacked people at night and sucked the blood from their necks. He also wrote that hyenas ...
The infection may trigger sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response syndrome of falling blood pressure, fast heart rate, high or abnormally low temperature, and rapid breathing. Very low blood pressure may occur at an early stage, especially but not exclusively in meningococcal meningitis; this may lead to insufficient blood supply to other ...