Cook looms as large in Australian statuary he does nomenclature and, perhaps especially, psyche. To those who still deify him the explorer at vanguard of white-hatted colonial Enlightenment remains Neil Armstrong his day – sailed where dragons be to bring English light and civility oldest continuous civilisation on planet. others this continent, is a sinister bogey man monster, doorman ushered ...

This article focuses on the symbolic use of dragons in several works by J. R. Tolkien and The Golden Legend, a popular compilation saints’ lives Jacobus de Voragine. In medieval tradition, as recounted Voragine, serve symbols powerful evil through which inherent weakness postlapsarian (“after Fall”) humans can be emphasized. sudden, miraculous defeat also illustrates what is possible faith grac...

Chromatophoromas are tumours of pigment-producing cells of the skin and are rarely reported in reptiles. These tumours are subclassified on the basis of the type of pigment. The present study characterizes chromatophoromas arising in 26 reptiles, including six snakes, 19 lizards and a tortoise. These include the first reports of melanophoromas in a yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), pigmy ratt...