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Discovered in a cemetery, it measures 82 cm (32 in) in height and depicts a figure holding a snake in each hand. [1] Above the figure there are three interlaced creatures (forming a triskelion pattern) that have been identified as a boar, an eagle, and a wolf. [2] The stone has been dated to 400–600 AD. [3] The scholars call it the "Snake-witch".
A snake-stone, also known as a viper's stone, snake's pearl, black stone, serpent-stone, [1] or nagamani is an animal bone or stone [2] used as folk medicine for snake bite in Africa, South America, India and Asia. [3] [4] The early Celtic-era European adder stone is also called a snake stone, and is usually made from coloured glass, often with ...
An 18×14 mesh has become standard; 16×16 was formerly common and other common sizes are 18×18 and 20×20. For comparison, a typical screen in a clothes dryer has a nylon 23x23 mesh screen. Fiberglass solar screens provide over 75% of UV protection, by using thicker strands and a closer mesh than regular 18x14 fiberglass window screening.
The home was buried beneath the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. but elaborate frescoes painted onto its interior walls have remained largely intact.
The diet of S. miliarius includes small mammals and birds, lizards, insects, and frogs, [3] as well as other snakes. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Pygmy rattlesnakes also include giant desert centipedes in their diet, which they hunt by active pursuit, grabbing and flipping the centipedes around while simultaneously injecting venom to prevent injury by the victim.
The scientific name Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis is a combination of Ancient Greek and New Latin that means "bush snake that looks like a garter strap". The generic name Thamnophis is derived from the Greek "thamnos" (bush) and "ophis" (snake) and the specific name sirtalis is derived from the New Latin "siratalis" (like a garter), a reference to the snake's color pattern resembling a striped ...
The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), often referred to as the common brown snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to eastern and central Australia and southern New Guinea. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril in 1854. The ...