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Menacing Monster Guide

/* /*]]>*/ by David Johnson Monster Mania! Halloween Tricksters and TreatsQuiz: MonstersMonster JokesMonsters and Imaginary BeastsThe Terrifying Truth about Dracula Top 10 All-Time…

Brewer's: Salamander

in Egyptian hieroglyphics, is a human form pinched to death with the cold. (See Undines.) Salamander. A sort of lizard, fabled to live in fire, which, however, it quenched by the chill of…

Tyrannosaurus Sue

The prehistoric giant stands again Sue is a sensation. It's not just that she's 42 ft long and 65 million years old. She's the world's most complete, best preserved, and largest Tyrannosaurus…

Longest Neck:

Mamenchisaurus Meaning of Name:“Mamenchi lizard”Period:Jurassic Period (205 million to 138 million years ago)Size:22 - 25 meters longLocation: China and possibly Mongolia The Mamenchisaurus's…

Sara Teasdale: In a Cuban Garden

In a Cuban GardenHibiscus flowers are cups of fire, (Love me, my lover, life will not stay) The bright poinsettia shakes in the wind, A scarlet leaf is blowing away.A lizard lifts his head…

Aesop's Fables: The Weasel and the Man

by Aesop The Fisherman PipingThe Ploughman, the Ass, and the OxThe Weasel and the Man A Man once caught a Weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it…

Best Defense:

AnkylosaurusMeaning of Name:“bent; crooked lizard”Period:Cretaceous Period (138 million to 65 million years ago)Size: 4 - 9 meters long Location: Texas, Antarctica, Utah, and Argentina Not…

Formidable Fungus

According to recent research by archaeologists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the well-dressed Ice Age woman's outfit doesn't resemble anything like the crude hide and fur…

Largest Carnivore:

Giganotosaurus carolinii Meaning of Name: “giant southern lizard” Period:Cretaceous Period (138 million to 65 million years ago) Size: 13.5 - 14.3 meters long; head 165 cm Weight: 7- 8 metric…

Widest Dinosaur:

Ankylosaurus magniventrisAnkylosaurus(c) Joe Tucciarone Meaning of Name:“bent/crooked lizard”Period:Cretaceous Period (138 million to 65 million years ago)Size: 4 - 9 meters longLocation:…