Creatures

Creatures

The big, the small, the beautiful, the hideous, all the amazing creatures.

  • Monkey Parchment Coffee

    Monkey Parchment coffee is coffee made from beans that have been chewed up and spat out by Rhesus monkeys. It is priced at about $300 a pound.

    Rhesus Monkey

  • Woolgathering

    Woolgathering is defined as purposeless thinking or daydreaming. The saying comes from the 16th century and literally means "gathering fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes".

    Sheep

  • The Salmon Of Knowledge

    The Salmon of Knowledge is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

    The Salmon Of Knowledge

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  • Salps

    Salps are barrel shaped plankton that form together into long chains. They move around by using jet propulsion.

    Salps

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  • Geography Cone

    The geography cone has the strongest venom of all cone snails. The poison is strong enough to kill a human. The venom is a mix of hundreds of different toxins with no antivenom. The only treatment is to try to keep the injured party alive until the toxins wear off.

    Geography Cone

  • Cockatrice

    A cockatrice is a mythical two legged dragon with a rooster's head.

    Cockatrice

  • Brazilian Treehopper

    Bocydium globulare, the Brazilian treehopper.

    Brazilian Treehopper

  • Barbados Threadsnake

    At 4 inches, the Barbados threadsnake is the smallest snake in the world.

    Barbados Threadsnake