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In William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the witches use "eye of newt" as the first ingredient added to their cauldron. [12] Newts rarely appear in literature, but Roald Dahl included one crucial to the story as a practical joke on the malevolent Miss Trunchbull, in his novel Matilda. [13]
Aristotle, Pliny, Nicander, Aelian. The standard lore of the salamander as a creature enduring fire and extinguishing it was known by the Ancient Greeks, as far back as the 4th century BCE, by his Aristotle (384–322 BCE) and his successor Theophrastus (c. 371–c. 287 BCE) [3] who gave such description of the σαλαμάνδρα (salamandra).
Eye of Newt in My Martini: a Certified Public Accountant Turned Occultist Tells Why and How (1981), Pan Ishtar Unlimited ISBN 0-941698-01-7, ISBN 978-0-941698-01-6; Faerie Tales Are True - Get Your Share (with Rachel L. Manning) (1986), Pan/Ishtar Unlimited ISBN 0-941698-12-2, ISBN 978-0-941698-12-2
The regeneration of the lens has been studied in several vertebrate species, especially the newt, which is able to repeatedly regenerate a perfect lens. [11] One study found that the lens of a newt that had been extracted and regenerated 18 times was indistinguishable from the lens of a control newt in terms of appearance and gene expression. [12]
The NFL playoff schedule is about to be set, with the wild-card dates and times for every matchup to be revealed during Week 18.
Notophthalmus species are East American newts similar in shape to the European newts (cf. Triturus).As a distinct characteristic of their own, both sexes have three to four large pores that lie in a row on the temple.
November retail sales grew at a faster pace than Wall Street analysts had expected, reflecting continued resilience in the American consumer and indicating that the holiday shopping season in the ...