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The stone was found by archaeologists broken into 4 pieces. Reassembled, Tlaltecuhtli's skull and bones skirt, and the river of blood flowing from her mouth, can be seen. Though most renderings of Tlaltecuhtli were placed face down, this monolith was found face up. Clutched in her lower right claw is the year glyph for 10 rabbit (1502 CE).
Fire-breathing monster. An artistic depiction of a mythical dragon in the process of breathing fire. In mythology and fantasy, a fire-breathing monster is a monster with the ability to shoot fire from its mouth. The concept of a fire-breathing monster is shared by various mythological traditions throughout history, and is also a common element ...
Lernaean Hydra. The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna ( Ancient Greek: Λερναῖα ὕδρα, romanized : Lernaîa Húdrā ), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine lake monster in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes.
The archerfish does this by forming a small groove in the roof of its mouth and its tongue into a narrow channel. It then fires by contracting its gill covers and forcing water through the channel, shooting a stream that, shaped by its mouth parts, travels faster at the rear than at the front. This speed differential causes the stream to become ...
A to Z shares, "The duck pulls the vegetation into its mouth, and the lamellae keep the water and muck from coming in as well." Ducks also us their lamellae to help keep their feathers clean.
A fire eating trick performed at a bar in New York City. A set of simple cast iron fire eating torches. Video of fire eating. Fire eating is the act of putting a flaming object into the mouth and extinguishing it. A fire eater can be an entertainer, a street performer, part of a sideshow or a circus act but has also been part of spiritual ...
The Leviathan ( / lɪˈvaɪ.əθən / liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized : Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the pseudepigraphical Book of Enoch.
Impacts – tardigrades can survive impacts up to about 900 meters per second, and momentary shock pressures up to about 1.14 gigapascals. [ 70 ] Dehydration – the longest that living tardigrades have been shown to survive in a dry state is nearly 10 years, [ 49 ] [ 50 ] although there is one report of leg movement, not generally considered ...