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  2. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    His story was told by Bhishma to Dharmaraja. Garuda (Vishnu's bird mount) with Krishna and Balarama. Gṛdha Sampati's found by Vanaras. Vultures who were the sons of Aruna, brother of Garuda. Sampati, the King of Vultures, was the oldest son of Aruṇa and a brother of Jatayu. Jatayu is the youngest son of Aruna, brother of Sampati.

  3. Poikilotherm - Wikipedia

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    The common frog is a poikilotherm and is able to function over a wide range of body core temperatures.. A poikilotherm (/ ˈ p ɔɪ k ə l ə ˌ θ ɜːr m, p ɔɪ ˈ k ɪ l ə ˌ θ ɜːr m /) is an animal (Greek poikilos – 'various', 'spotted', and therme – 'heat') whose internal temperature varies considerably.

  4. Boiling frog - Wikipedia

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    A frog sitting on the handle of a saucepan on a hot stove. The frog in this photo was unharmed. [1] The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will ...

  5. Frogs in culture - Wikipedia

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    The frog is also a character in many fairy tales, be it tales from oral tradition or literary reworkings by later writers. [14] The frog or toad appears as a potential suitor to a female human in variants of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther type ATU 440, "The Frog King". [15] The most famous is the story of The Frog Prince.

  6. Ceratophrys - Wikipedia

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    Although these frogs can swallow animals almost half their size, they sometimes attempt to eat things larger than they are. Their teeth, as well as bony projections in the front of the jaw, can make it difficult for them to release prey after taking it in their mouth, in some cases leading to death by choking.

  7. Heterothermy - Wikipedia

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    Heterothermy or heterothermia (from Greek ἕτερος heteros "other" and θέρμη thermē "heat") is a physiological term for animals that vary between self-regulating their body temperature, and allowing the surrounding environment to affect it.

  8. Tiddalik - Wikipedia

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    The substance of the story has changed over time, with different animals being able to make Tiddalik laugh, and many of the modern versions being dissimilar to those of the nineteenth century. [ 1 ] The water-holding frog ascribed in modern times to Tiddalik is not found in the area of the legend's origin.

  9. The Frightened Hares - Wikipedia

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    On hearing the sound of a falling fruit, a hare sets all the other animals fleeing in the belief that the earth was collapsing. There the story is associated with the Indian idiom 'the sound the hare heard', meaning an impossibility. A much later Western equivalent is the folk tale of Henny Penny, where the associated idiom is 'the sky is falling'.