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Stephan Bibrowski (1890–1932), better known as Lionel the Lion-faced Man, was a famous sideshow performer. His whole body was covered with long hair that gave him the appearance of a lion ; this was likely due to a rare condition called hypertrichosis .
Maneless male lion from Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, East Africa. The term "maneless lion" or "scanty mane lion" often refers to a male lion without a mane, or with a weak one. [1] [2] The purpose of the mane is thought to signal the fitness of males to females. Experts disagree as to whether or not the mane defends the male lion's throat ...
[27] In most instances, the manticora is "coloured red or brown and has clawed feet". [28] Artists took the liberty of coloring the manticore blue at times. [29] One example is depicted "as a long-haired blond" (fig., top right). [31] Another has the face of a woman and the body of a blue manticore (fig., bottom right) . [33]
A full beard without a moustache or neck hair, sometimes called a "lion's mane." [12] Chinstrap beard: Sideburns which are connected to each other by a narrow line of hair along the jaw, resembling a helmet strap harnessed to one's chin. [13] Circle beard A goatee in which the moustache is allowed to connect to the hair on the chin. [7]
Narasimha – A Hindu deity with a lion-like face. Ox-Head – An ox-headed guardian or type of guardian of the Underworld in Chinese mythology. Penghou – A Chinese tree spirit with the face of a human and the body of a dog. Pratyangira – A Hindu Goddess having the head of a lion. Sekmet – The lioness-headed Egyptian Goddess.
The golden lion tamarin is the largest of the callitrichines. It is typically around 261 mm (10.3 in) and weighs around 620 g (1.37 lb). There is almost no size difference between males and females. As with all callitrichines, the golden lion tamarin has claw-like nails, instead of the flat nails found in other monkeys and apes, although ...
It is an anthropomorphic figurine combining a human-like body with the head of a cave lion. Determined by carbon dating of the layer in which it was found to be between 35,000 and 41,000 years old, it is one of the oldest-known examples of an artistic representation and the oldest confirmed statue ever discovered. [ 1 ]
The Fischer–Saller scale, named after Eugen Fischer and Karl Saller is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: A (very light blond), B to E (light blond), F to L (), M to O (dark blond), P to T (light brown to brown), U to Y (dark brown to black) and Roman numerals I to IV and V to VI (red-blond).