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1478 drawing by Theodoros Pelecanos of an Ouroboros, in alchemical tract titled Synosius.. Obake – Shapeshifting spirits; Obariyon – Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. [2] [3] [4
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
A zodiac spirit animal is an animal that shares similar qualities to one of the 12 zodiac signs. Nature's animals reside within the four elements (fire, water, earth, and air).
The size of the heart varies among the different animal groups, with hearts in vertebrates ranging from those of the smallest mice (12 mg) to the blue whale (600 kg). [142] In vertebrates, the heart lies in the middle of the ventral part of the body, surrounded by a pericardium. [143] which in some fish may be connected to the peritoneum. [144]
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Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
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