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Lindworm eggs are said to be laid under the bark of linden trees (Swedish: lind). Once hatched, lindworms slither away and make a home in a pile of rocks. [1] When fully grown, they can become extremely long. To counter this, during hunting they swallow their own tails to become a wheel and roll at extremely high speeds to pursue prey.
A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner as "an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", it was featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. They are created by a chicken egg hatched by a toad or snake.
A wyvern is the emblem of East London Rugby Football Club. Wyvern is the a nickname of a fictional aircraft in the Ace Combat series: the X-02 Wyvern. A wyvern is the emblem of Old Wesley R.F.C. A wyvern is contained in the emblem of Ternana Calcio. A wyvern is featured on the crest of King Alfred School, Plön.
Drake: 4 legged, not winged, and commonly possessing a short body. Frequent in 20th century animation when wing animation was difficult for the artists. Asian: 4 legged, not winged, and possessing a long body. Often found in anime, western animation and films with East Asian themes. Wyvern: 2 legged, winged.
Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986. More recently in 2007 the Baiji dolphin , a rare river dolphin native to China ...
A yellow caterpillar who helps Elmo whose size is not in potential Dim Rhinoceros Beetle: A Bug's Life: A large blue beetle and member of P. T. Flea's circus. Katy Caterpillar: Katy La Oruga: A green caterpillar, who is full of curiosity and up for adventure. Mooch Green bottle fly G-Force: A green bottle fly who is a member of the G-Force ...
An early appearance of the Old English word dracan (oblique singular of draca) in Beowulf [1]. The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which, in turn, comes from Latin draco (genitive draconis), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek δράκων, drákōn (genitive δράκοντος, drákontos) "serpent".
Guivres were said to possess a long, serpentine body and a dragon's head. The hind feet are not as visible if present at all. The guivre had horns in its forehead in some accounts, as well. [4] Locally in France, it was known as an extremely aggressive creature that would sometimes attack without being provoked. [4]