A couple of weeks ago, I went to the American Museum of Natural History in hopes of seeing their "Mythical Creatures" exhibit. It was sold out, alas, but I then wandered the halls enjoying the many animal exhibits, including the wonderful names and physiognomies of some of the creatures. I offer these now in hopes they will bring a little natural, nomenclatural, polysyllabic delight to your day:
- Bloodbelly Comb Jelly
- Cookie-Cutter Shark (a truly creepy but cool fish -- read the link to find out why)
- Stoplight Loosejaw (also awesome)
- Black-Blotched Porcupinefish
- False Cleanerfish
- Juvenile Snook
- Sheepshead Seabream
- Tripodfish (check out the picture -- it's one of those creatures that proves that if God is the Creator, he has a sense of humor)
- Powderblue Surgeonfish
- Jericho Worms (fascinating and weird)
- Stonechat
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Alpine Accentor
- Common Siskin
- Yellow-Hooded Wagtail
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Whooper Swan
- Great Bustard
- Black-Faced Cuckoo Shrike
- Superb Lyrebird
- Crimson Rosella
- Glossy Drongo
- Nkulenga Wood Rail
- White-Bearded Bulbul
- Lemon-Rumped Tinkerbird
- Cameroon Sombre Greenbul
- Variable Sunbird
- Fiscal Shrike (always appears at tax season)
- Rattling Cisticola
- Spectacled Antipitta
- Broad-Billed Motmot
- Cinnamon-Bellied Ground Tyrant
- Scale-Throated Earthcreeper
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Common Stilt
- Bufflehead
