Pliny
Pliny describes this hybrid as a "fabulous bird" and supports a horse's head
What is a Pegasus?
A classification system that uses a series of questions that get more specific as you progress to lead you to a specific plant or animal
What is a dichotomous key?
The portion of the body that resembles the human figure is still rough all over with scales. For one of these creatures was seen upon the same shores, and as it died, its plaintive murmurs were heard even by the inhabitants at a distance
What are Nereids?
The process where the best and most desirable trait is passed down from one generation to the next
What is natural selection?
The system of knowledge that allowed Pliny, Isidore of Seville, and Albertus Magnus to base their works on the work of Aristotle
Pliny describes this bird to be "killed by those of its own kind" and "a bird that only lays one egg"
What is a Cuckoo?
A system of classification that is found in the Aberdeen Bestiary and throughout the Medieval era that classifies animals based on their closeness to God
What is the hierarchal system of classificiation?
A monster with a horrible bellow, the body of a horse, the feet of an elephant, and a tail very like that of a deer. A magnificent, marvelous horn projects from the middle of its forehead, four feet in length, so sharp that whatever it strikes is easily pierced with the blow
What is a Monoceros?
The ability of a species to change in response to environmental stimuli
What is adaptation?
A system of logic based on combining a general premise and a specific claim to reach a conclusion
What is syllogistic logic?
This mythical creature was only believed to be real because the story from the Roman senator Manilius
What is the Phoenix?
The classification system that uses evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics
What is a phylogenetic tree?
A rival crowd of envious lovers strove.
They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace
More moving features in a sweeter face.
Yet above all, her length of hair, they own,
In gold ringlets wav'd, and graceful shone.
Her Neptune saw, and with such beauties fir'd,
Resolv'd to compass, what his soul desir'd.
In chaste Minerva's fane, he, lustful, stay'd,
And seiz'd, and rifled the young, blushing maid.
The bashful Goddess turn'd her eyes away,
Nor durst such bold impurity survey
Who is Medusa?
A physical obstruction in a habitat that prevents two groups of the same species from interbreeding (examples: mountain, river, gorge, etc)
What is a natural/environmental barrier?
The work where Aristotle said "many animals have memory, and are capable of instruction; but no other creature except man can recall the past at will" (its the only work by Aristotle we read)
What is Aristotle's History of Animals?
The New World created by Eli where you can find a Dragon, Phoenix, Mermaid, Scylla, Charybdis, Kraken, Bigfoot, Cyclops, Griffin, Roc, Pegasus, Centaur, Satyr, and Siren
What is The Fracture?
The Hive fleets of the Tyranid are given names that appropriately reflect their size and the fear they strike within the hearts of men. With this in mind, the names chosen by the Imperium of Man for the 3 main fleets are Hive Fleet Hydra, Hive Fleet Behemoth, and...
What is Hive Fleet Leviathan?
The classmate who really likes sea creatures
Who is Ian?
The animal that the Anhangá (the Brazilian mythological creature that Sal presented) takes the shape of
What is a large white deer?