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Mrs. Todd finally convinces Homer to take one of the special 'shortcuts'. On his first trip, Homer loses his hat to the grasping arms of a living tree. Soon he encounters road signs and bizarre animals which he cannot explain. Frightened, Homer does not wish to take any more rides.
When the Martian king asks for his identity, Oswald introduces himself by singing his theme song. The king likes his song and so do the bizarre animals. After everybody parties around for several moments, a giant spider-like creature comes to the scene. All the other animals run away, including Oswald. Oswald continues to run until he reaches ...
Lone and naked, Cairn must gather and hunt his food and battle various bizarre animals. Eventually he stumbles upon the native people of Almuric, the Guras, who are hairy, ape-like men with a violent but pragmatic way of life. They live in great fortified cities and wage endless wars against each other, carbine and sword being their weapons of ...
Brittany Keller said she was driving to work Oct. 24 when she noticed an unusual animal with a dark coat and long curved tail near a group of deer in Ritter Park in Huntington, the Mountain State ...
The Earth is home to some amazing animals, and many of them are well-known. Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big elephants can grow, and how adorable chipmunks can be. But there are ...
Name of animal Image Date of death Details Jocko the monkey July 1880: The performance monkey from Goldsboro, North Carolina, was found dead after he hanged himself with a makeshift noose made with clothesline. It is believed that Jocko did it as an experiment after watching public hangings with his owner Rockwell Syrock. [2] [3] [4] Jumbo the ...
This exploration of strange animal behaviour reveals the bizarre ways animals defend themselves. Meet an armadillo that can roll into an impregnable ball, owls and frogs that puff themselves up, and a cobra that spits venom. There are fish that can imitate a chess board, octopuses that shape-shift, and creatures that can turn inside out. There ...
In addition to anthropomorphism, VanderMeer uses many symbols to draw the reader into the narrative. In the laboratory, the animals were used as chess pieces for the scientist's entertainment. In this book, the game of chess symbolizes all of the abuse and manipulation the strange animals suffered at the hands of humans. [6]