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The literal meaning of cynocephaly is "dog-headedness"; however, that this refers to a human body with a dog head is implied. Such cynocephalics are known in mythology and legend from many parts of the world, including ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and China. Further mentions come from the medieval East and Europe.
The most lightly built jackal, once considered to be the oldest living member of the genus Canis, [13] it is now placed in the genus Lupulella. It is the most aggressive of the jackals, being known to attack animal prey many times its own weight, and it has more quarrelsome intrapack relationships. [14]
Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes: a monograph of the Canidae. (1890) With woodcuts, and 45 coloured plates drawn from nature by J.G. Keulemans and hand-coloured. Author: Mivart, St. George Jackson (30 November 1827 – 1 April 1900) Full title
Golden jackals appear prominently in Indian and Nepali folklore, where they often take over the role of the trickster taken by the red fox in Europe and North America. The story of The Blue Jackal for example has the jackal disguising itself with blue paint as Neelaakanth, the guardian of all animals, and tricking the other animals into providing food for him, so that he may continue ...
Golden jackals have since increased greatly in number year by year, with some estimates indicating that they now outnumber red foxes. The sighting of a jackal near the Austrian border in the summer of 2007 indicated that they have spread throughout the country. [36] [37] There have been repeated sightings of jackals in eastern Austria for a few ...
Leopards and tigers once hunted jackals, but today, the leopard is rare, and the tiger is extinct in the jackal's range. [74] Eurasian lynxes have also been known to hunt jackals. [89] Red foxes and golden jackals share similar diets. Red foxes fear jackals, which are three times bigger than them.
When ants bite humans, it grabs the skin and also sprays a compound called formic acid, Frye explains. Ant bites tend to be small, swollen bumps that appear in clusters, Kassouf says.
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