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New Species Nessletter 6-4-2021
'The one who causes fear': Newly discovered species of dinosaur was a terrifying beast
Yahoo News
An artist's conception of Llukalkan aliocranianus, a newly discovered species of meat-eating dinosaur. A skull of the dinosaur was found in Argentina. " ...
New species of geckos discovered from SL's central highlands
The Island.lk
The newly discovered species was named in honor of Ajith Nethkelum Lokuge, a pioneer ecologist, analogue forestry specialist and a senior member ...
Bizarre Manta-Like Sharks Once Soared Through Late Cretaceous Oceans
SciTechDaily
In a new study, Romain Vullo and colleagues describe this new species of ... According to Vullo et al., the newly discovered extinct species displays ...
X-rays detected from Uranus for the first time
ThePrint
Researchers have found that the astronauts' hearts shrink in space, and ... Scientists have discovered a new species of meat-eating dinosaur which ...
Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur With Super Hearing
Futurism
Paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species in Patagonia that likely had superior hearing abilities over its fellow dinosaurs. Researchers ...
First SA shark checklist goes live
Grocott's Mail Online
Are there still more new species to be discovered in South African waters? Ebert believes there definitely are. Who supported this Dave Ebert's research.
New Study May Explain Why Yawning Is Contagious
LADbible
Although it's well known that yawning is contagious, even among mammals, not much has been discovered as to why - until now. Researchers ...
Space Bacteria Could Help Astronauts Grow Plants on Mars
Freethink
Every year, scientists discover thousands of new species on Earth — everything from monkeys to microbes. Now, astronauts have discovered a new ...
New Dinosaur Discovered in Patagonia, Dubbed 'One Who Causes Fear'
IGN Africa
This new species of dinosaurs is estimated to have walked the Earth some 80 million years ago, as noted by HuffPost. According ...
New Predatory Dinosaur Discovered, Named 'One Who Causes Fear'
EcoWatch
Scientists have discovered a new species from the abelisauridae family of predatory dinosaurs in Argentina and named it the "one who causes fear." " ...
New Dinosaur Discovered in Patagonia, Dubbed 'One Who Causes Fear' - IGN
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How evolution's largest questions could be answered by Madagascar's smallest creatures
Quartz Africa
Which miniaturized species have been discovered recently? Madagascar is famous for its small animals; the mouse lemurs, the smallest primates on ...
Amazon Owls are discovered and one of them is named after Dorothy Stang – 04/02/2021 – Science
KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper
In the forest during the day the noise from birds, monkeys, insects and other animals is deafening. In the middle of the night there is silence with a few ...
The International Space Station is a breeding ground for new species of candidate Martian bacteria
Explica
... but what they have now discovered are four new species in the ISS, and of ... As explained in the work, the species identified was Methylorubrum ...
The newly discovered humans had tails, all interbreeding with our ancestors
Aviation Analysis Wing
According to th Acient assets, The new species was named Homo apriliensis, which is the same genus Homo as us. In their DNA there are genetic ...
Guidelines for celebrating Sinhala and Tamil New Year issued
Newsfirst.lk
The New Year Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health added visiting of relatives, ... 'Hanuman Plover' – New bird species discovered in Sri Lanka.
Scientists Just Got Closer to Discovering the World's First Animals!
Nature World News
First Animal in the World. Since the 19th century, most researchers have presented one of the easiest creatures that have existed (the sponge) as the first ...
Sunday, 4 April 2021
Wapplurgis Nacht".by Mark Antony Raines -Inspired by Bram Stoker
It was an usually sunny day in Munich,Germany the air seemed to be full of joyousness before my journey.
I meet Herr Derbruick the marite of Quatre Saisons where i am staying,he came on duty to say to me and my fellow travellers to have a good journey as form of good luck as it was the custom to do so.
When we started for our drive the sun was shining,just aswe wereto depart i overheard Herr Delbruck telling the coach driver to be back by nightfall to which the driver replied that he knew what night it was and evey intention of being back by nightfall.
After we were away from town i asked my fellow travellers what was so special about tonight one repliedit was"Wapplurgis Nacht".
The driver took out his silver pocket watch to check the time,then proceed to encourage the horses to.pick up speed,as we on ouf journey all.i coulc see was a bleak road untill i saw an old but unussd road which seemed to call out to md so i banged on thd carriage roof to signal the driver to stop the coach.
The coach driver was a bewildered why i wished him to take the coach on a new route despite my generous offer of payment to which he would profit but he made all sorts of excuses why this was a bad idea,he then muttered it was "Walpurgis Nacht" in a mixture of german and bad english and whilst doing so made the sign of the cross on himself several times.
The horses sniffed the air and where becoming restless,then i heard the driver whilst pointing and turning the carriage back towards its previous direction "People buried them that killec themselfx"
As he was talking a sudden howling of dogs was heard at this thd horses became so restless to the point of bolting,thd driver said
"That howling sounds like wolfs but there are no wolves now to bd in these woods for decades"
I did find this a bit odd.
The wind became cold ,i noticed the drivers hands holding the reins in a deathlike grip,i asked him "Tell me where does this road lead"
He said it was "Unholy and the nearby village it lead to a legend has it that hunderds of years ago man and woman who were buried in their graves from which were heard ths sounds of haunting moans and whsn the graves were opened inside instead of being pale of ashen all were rosy with life and had blood on thier lips.
The coach driver during this narration was showing me a paroxysm of fear as he white faced ,trembling ,and perspiring
And yet again he said .
"Walpurgis Nicht"
At this point i decided to make my own way down the road that was calling to me and took out my possessions and informed the coach driver i was not afraid of this night,and as i stood to one side the coach driver whipped the horses into a frenzy and the carriage went off at speed leaving me to carry on down the road.
I walked for hours untill i came to fringe of a wood were i decided to sit diwn and rest my wary legs,i noticed the tempture get colder i thought i could hear i strange sighing noise in the atomsphere as i looked up to the sky great thick clouds were forming the sign upcoming tempest.
I carried on my walk the brightness of the day slowly merged into the plutoium darkness of night.
Yet again the howling of a wolf was heard at intervels,then in the distance i saw a deserted village and i followed my unseen path as i needed to seek shelter as the heavens were being torn by vivid lightning and driving heavy rain.
I went to yet another near by bit of woods and stood amongst the trees for shelter soon like most storms it passed and was on its way to further fields .
As i walked again on my path the moon appeared in its full glory giving me a silvery light to aid my walking .
I came upon old foundations which at the edge of a copse was a low wall encircling it i carried on walking to enter a graveyard and before my eyes was a massive tomb of marble and yet again i heard long haunting howls of wolves so i walked on untill i came upon a sepulchre which my curious nature i walked closer to the doric door and over which written in german was .
Countess Dolingen of Gratz in Styria sought and found death 1801as i looked above this tomb i saw a great iron spike inbedded in the blocks of stone and above that in Russian was.
"The dead travel fast".
This instantly made me feel weird and faint and i heard in my sub consious mind the warnings of the coach driver then it struck me like as if i was struck by lighting this was "Walpurgis Night"
The night the devil was awake and graves were opened and the dead awoke and walked the earth and revel with other evil things the myth the ciach driver had told me to shun,this was the site of the depopulated village of many a century ago.
This made my flight response kick in paniced by overwhelming fear i started to run with all my might untill i seeked shelter couching against the bronze door of the tomb for i had just ran in a endless circle and a unknown force kept drawing me back to the tomb of the Countess .
As i lay their inbetween fear and sensibility i saw before me in the hazy light of thd moon a woman of stunning beauty who as she got a bit closer i saw rounded cheeks,red lips seemly sleeping on a beir this shocked me into awelike state and i had a feeling i was no longer alone suddenely a storm gathered force agian in the sky the clouds became very dark i heard the rumble of thunder then a fork of lighting struck the iron spike that surmounted the tomb causing the crumbling of the marble at this point the woman on the beir rose from the slumber of the dead and let she let out a bitter scream of pain.
Then i was seized and dragged away and in the background was the reberbant howling of wolves i began to pass out i sensed in my dreamlike state as if the surrounding graves around the tomb of the Countess had sent out phantoms of the dead and they were closing in on me.
After a while i came back to the vague beginning of consciousness then a sense of weariness.
My feet were racked with pain but as much as tried i could not move them as their were numb.
I had a icy feeling down the back of my spine and neck yet in this torment my breast was a sense of warmth which felt delicious i realised i was having a physical nightmare and my chest was finding it difficult to breathe as i must have some sort of heavy weight on my chest.
I must have gone back into a swoon as i awoke it felt like the beginning of being sea sick then a sort of loathing then a overwhelming desire to be free from what i did not know.
It was as if i was between the world of sleep or dead this was broken by the sound of some animal close to me panting.
Thier was a warm rasping at my throat this chilled me to my heart and i sensed blood surging through my brain.
Yes it was some animal lying on me licking at my throat i feared to to stir and somehow the animal on top of me sensed a change in me.
My vision came back into focus and thier it was for my eyes to clearly see two flaming eyes of a gigantic wolf with its sharp teeth gleeming and its red mouth gaping and i could feel its hot breath fierce and acid upon me.
I went back to a state of unconsciousness when i regained my conscious i heard a low growl followed by a yelp then i heard voices call out"Hollloa,Holloa,i cautiously managed to raise my head and tried to look in the direction the sound was coming from but my view was blocked.