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  2. List of flying mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of flying mythological creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. Adzehate creatures

  3. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    However, some creatures can stay in the same spot, known as hovering, either by rapidly flapping the wings, as do hummingbirds, hoverflies, dragonflies, and some others, or carefully using thermals, as do some birds of prey. The slowest flying non-hovering bird recorded is the American woodcock, at 8 kilometres per hour (5.0 mph). [26]

  4. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Tikbalang – creature with the body of a man and the head and hooves of a horse, lurks in the mountains and forests (Philippines) Uchchaihshravas – seven-headed all white flying horse (Hindu) Unicorn – horse-like creature with a single horn, often symbolizing purity (Worldwide) Winged unicorn

  5. 32 types of birds you might see in your backyard. - AOL

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    That’s because these flying creatures are more likely to visit your garden if there’s some of the best bird food available. Many are also more inclined to visit if there are cover and nesting ...

  6. Quetzalcoatlus - Wikipedia

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    MacCready constructed a model flying machine or, ornithopter, with a simple computer functioning as an autopilot. The model successfully flew with a combination of soaring and wing flapping. [26] The model was based on a then-current weight estimate of around 80 kg (180 lb), far lower than more modern estimates of over 200 kg (440 lb). [27]

  7. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Sluagh – (Irish) type of fairy extremely similar to the Slavic Vila, flying Undead who escape their Graves by night and feed on the living in swarms. Sphinx – A creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Spriggan – A grotesquely ugly mischievous fairy or forest spirit. Sprite – Fairy, ghost, or elf-like creatures.

  8. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Tārkṣya is the name of a mythical being in the Rigveda, described as a horse with the epithet áriṣṭa-nemi "with intact wheel-rims". Tumburu is a horse faced Ghandarva, a celestial musician. Uchchaihshravas is a seven-headed flying horse, that was obtained during the churning of the milk ocean. Uchchaihshravas is often described as a ...

  9. List of Greek mythological creatures - Wikipedia

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    A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...