- Eastern Asses
The Ass is mentioned upwards of fifty times in the Bible, and from its having been selected as the animal on which it pleased our Saviour to enter Jerusalem, it carries with it in some respects a higher degree of interest than any other. References to the ass may be grouped under five heads, according to the Hebrew names for the different sorts in the original. These are (1) CHAMOR, which is the ordinary name for the domestic ass, whether male or female, but more properly the male ; (2) ATON, also a domestic ass, but rendered always a she-ass ; (3) AYIR, a colt or young ass ; (4) PERE, wild ass, and (5) AROD, another term for wild ass. In Eastern countries, as Egypt and Syria, the ass is a far more valuable animal, well cared for and fed, and considerably larger in size than in this country. It is capable of a good day's journey at a moderate pace either an easy canter or a less agreeable trot—with a man on its back, and it has a spirited demeanour and wide-awake manner which render it a pleasant quadruped to deal with. The breed is carefully selected, and a well-bred Syrian ass will fetch forty pounds. Their average height is perhaps two to three hands above that in this country. The Palestine asses are the finest in the world. Their colour and markings are much the same everywhere, and no animal has changed so slightly under domestication as the ass. - Syrian Ants
The Ant is mentioned twice in the Old Testament, both times in the Book of Proverbs (vi. 6 and xxx. 25). Ants are characterized as being exceeding wise, and in both passages are commended for their diligence in preparing their food in the summer, thus by their fore-sight providing for their winter sustenance. Such is at least the` obvious implication contained in the text. This habit was, and is still, contradicted by some writers, from their knowledge of the ways of European ants, which are dormant in the winter, and therefore stand in no need of food. - Horned Asp
The Adder is spoken of five times in the Bible, and the word is used as the translation of no less than four distinct Hebrew words. In Gen. 49:17 the Adder is spoken of as hiding in the way and biting the horse's heels so that the rider is overthrown. The Hebrew term in this passage (elsewhere rendered ' cockatrice ') is probably the same word as the modern Arabic name for the Horned Sand Snake or Cerastes haselquistii. It is the habit of this extremely venomous viper to lurk in the ruts of wheels or the depression of a footprint by the roadside, and to bite the legs of unwary passers-by, or of horses or cattle. Horses, aware of its nature, are said to be in terror of the Cerastes, and cannot be induced to proceed, once they have detected the concealed reptile, for its bite is most deadly. It derives its name of ' horned ' from the presence of two protuberances, one over each eye. It is of a grayish tint, about a foot long, and very active. The asp of Cleopatra, ' the pretty worm of Nilus,' has been identified with this animal, which is to be seen figured on ancient Egyptian monuments. [Adder Horned Asp ] - The Recording Angel and Star of Redemption
The Recording Angel and Star of Redemption - Jesus being ministered to by an angel
Luke 22:43 - Beech C-45 (F-2)
Beech C-45 (F-2) Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Beech AT-11
Beech AT-11 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Beech AT-10
Beech AT-10 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Beech AT-7
Beech AT-7 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Vultee L-1
Vultee L-1 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Vultee BT-15
Vultee BT-15 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Vultee BT-13
Vultee BT-13 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Vultee A-31
Vultee A-31 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Stearman PT-17 &18
Stearman PT-17 & 18 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Ryan PT-22
Ryan PT-22 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Republic P-47B
Republic P-47B Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Republic P43-A
Republic P43-A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Republic P-35
Republic P-35 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Republic AT-12
Republic AT-12 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Northrop A-17
Northrop A-17 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - North American P-51
North American P-51 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - North American O-47A& B
North American O-47A & B Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - North American B-25 C & D
North American B-25 C & D Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - North American AT-6A
North American AT-6A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Martin B-26 B& C
Martin B-26 B& C Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Martin B-10B
Martin B-10B Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Martin A-30
Martin A-30 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Lockheed P-38D&E
Lockheed P-38D&E Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Lockheed C60-A
Lockheed C60-A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Lockheed C-40A
Lockheed C-40A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Lockheed A-29&A
Lockheed A-29&A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Grumman OA-9
Grumman OA-9 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Fairchild PT-19
Fairchild PT-19 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas XB-19
Douglas XB-19 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas O-46A
Douglas O-46A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas C-54A
Douglas C-54A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas C-47
Douglas C-47 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas C-39
Douglas C-39 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas B-23
Douglas B-23 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas B-18A
Douglas B-18A Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas B-18
Douglas B-18 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas A-24
Douglas A-24 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Douglas A-20B & C
Douglas A-20B & C Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtiss P-40E
Curtiss P-40E Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtiss C-46
Curtiss C-46 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtiss AT-9
Curtiss AT-9 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtis P-36C
Curtis P-36C Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Curtis O-52
Curtis O-52 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Consolidated OA-10
Consolidated OA-10 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Consolidated B-24 D & E
Consolidated B-24 D & E Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Cessna AT-8
Cessna AT-8 Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Boeing B-17E
Boeing B-17E Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Bell P-39C & D
Bell P-39C & D Front Side Perspective Bottom Top - Skeleton of a Radiolarian Very Greatly Enlarged
The very rocks themselves may consist largely of fossils; chalk, for example, is mainly made up of the disintegrated shells of simple marine animals called foraminifers, and the beautiful flint-like "skeletons" of other small creatures termed radiolarians, minute as they are, have contributed extensively to the formation of some strata. - Where a Dinosaur Sat Down
In the light of our present knowledge we are able to read many things in these tracks that were formerly more or less obscure, and to see in them a complete verification of Dr. Deane's suspicion that they were not made by birds. We see clearly that the long tracks called Anomœpus, with their accompanying short fore feet, mark where some Dinosaur squatted down to rest or progressed slowly on all-fours, as does the kangaroo when feeding quietly;[3] and we interpret the curious heart-shaped depression sometimes seen back of the feet, not as the mark of a stubby tail, but as made by the ends of the slender pubes, bones that help form the hip-joints. Then, too, the mark of the inner, or short first, toe, is often very evident, although it was a long time before the bones of this toe were actually found, and many of the Dinosaurs now known to have four toes were supposed to have but three. - The Track of a Three-toed Dinosaur
The Track of a Three-toed Dinosaur - A Great Sea Lizard Tylosaurus Dyspelo
The finest Mosasaur skeleton ever discovered, an almost complete skeleton of Tylosaurus dyspelor, 29 feet in length, may be seen at the head of the staircase leading to the Hall of Paleontology, in the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Another good specimen may be seen in the Yale University Museum, which probably has the largest collection of Mosasaurs in existence. - Koch's Hydrarchus. Composed of Portions of the Skeletons of Several Zeuglodons
One might think that a creature sixty or seventy feet long was amply long enough, but Dr. Albert Koch thought otherwise, and did with Zeuglodon as, later on, he did with the Mastodon, combining the vertebræ of several individuals until he had a monster 114 feet long! This he exhibited in Europe under the name of Hydrarchus, or water king, finally disposing of the composite creature to the Museum of Dresden, where it was promptly reduced to its proper dimensions. The natural make-up of Zeuglodon is sufficiently composite without any aid from man, for the head and paddles are not unlike those of a seal, the ribs are like those of a manatee, and the shoulder blades are precisely like those of a whale, while the vertebræ are different from those of any other animal, even its own cousin and lesser contemporary Dorudon - A Tooth of Zeuglodon, One of the 'Yoke Teeth,' from which it derives the name
The best Zeuglodon, the first to show the vestigial hind legs and to make clear other portions of the structure, is in the United States National Museum - Nature's Four Methods of Making a Wing - Bat, Pteryodactyl, Archæopteryx, and Modern Bird
Nature's Four Methods of Making a Wing - Bat, Pteryodactyl, Archæopteryx, and Modern Bird