The manticore is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and a tail of either venomous spines similar to porcupine quills or the tail of a scorpion. What kind of head does it have?
The manticore is a Persian legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in western European medieval art as well. It has the head of a human, body of a lion and a tail of venomous spines similar to porcupine quills, while other depictions have it with the tail of a scorpion. There are some accounts that the spines can be shot like arrows, thus making the manticore a lethal predator. It eats its victims whole, using its triple rows of teeth, and leaves no bones behind.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
The head of a human.
Randall wrote:
the head of a human
mj said:
The head is somewhat variable
Having features that combine leonine and human aspects.
Alan J answered:
Human.
Mac Mac responded:
human
Cal in Vermont replied:
The manticore, whose head is that of a human, is a seriously nasty beast of Persian yore. It probably lurked in dark alleys.
Deborah wrote:
I first read the word "manicure" and did a double-take. Once I realized the word is "Manticore" I sighed with relief.
To answer the question, the manticore has the head of a human.
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zorch said:
A Manticore has the head of a man. A Womanticore has the head of a woman.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
It has the head of a human, body of a lion and a tail of venomous spines similar to porcupine quills, while other depictions have it with the tail of a scorpion.
Dave replied:
Human.
Rosemary in Columbus wrote:
Has the head of a human
Billy in Cypress U$A answered:
A manticore usually has the head of a human somewhat like a centaur or a motaur, but the version in Phineas and Ferb's Excaliferb, where I first saw the creature, had the head of a lion as well as the body of a lion. That particular episode is full of mythological and some real references, e.g. AOL's "You've got mail!".
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The tournament had been set to begin Monday and continue through March 22.
But in the wake of Saturday's announcement that a Riverside County resident had acquired the novel coronavirus in the community, coupled with the designation of a public health emergency on Friday, prompted officials to call off the event, organizer said in a written statement.
"We are very disappointed that the tournament will not take place, but the health and safety of the local community, fans, players, volunteers, sponsors, employees, vendors, and everyone involved with the event is of paramount importance," Tournament Director Tommy Haas said. "We are prepared to hold the tournament on another date and will explore options."
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Mather told anchor Lindsey Reiser that the British public had soured on former Suits actress Meghan because she tried to "disrespect" Queen Elizabeth II.
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Reiser appeared perplexed by her comments and quickly ended the interview.
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Feldman will use the real names of the people he says abused him when he was a young actor, something he did not do when he published his 2013 memoir and revealed that he had been abused. And Feldman will also reveal who he believes abused his frequent co-star Corey Haim, who died in 2010 of pneumonia.
"The last two years have been insurmountable, but I believe that with great risk comes great reward," Feldman said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "And I believe the reward in all of this, if nothing else, will be that these guys are finally exposed. I'm hoping that what happened to [Harvey] Weinstein [will happen], that multiple victims will come forward. And as a result, these guys will finally get indictments and we can put them out of business."
Feldman is working to start a movement known as #KidsToo to call attention to the abuse of children, especially in entertainment, and he's a supporter of California's Assembly Bill 218, which grants victims of childhood abuse more time to report cases and was signed into law by governor Gavin Newsom in October.
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The contestants all had their temperatures taken with hand scanners before being allowed to go on stage in national costumes, swimsuits and glamorous evening gowns.
The second and third place went to contestants from Brazil and Thailand.
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Dr James Lawler, a professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre, shared a series of slides with attendees about what his "best guess" was when estimating how the outbreak could impact hospitals and health officials. His webinar, titled "What healthcare leaders need to know: Preparing for the COVID-19", was presented on 26 February.
He estimated 96 million could become infected, and of those people 480,000 could die from the coronavirus based on how the virus might spread.
People aged 80 and over have a 14 per cent chance of dying if they have the infection, Dr Lawler estimates. Those aged 70 to 79 and 60 to 69 have an estimated mortality rate of 8 per cent and 3.6 percent if they contract the virus.
Social media comments about protecting bears that were posted by Lake Tahoe activists referring to a longtime wildlife biologist as a murderer constitute "good faith communications" protected as free speech, the Nevada Supreme Court says.
The recent opinion doesn't end a lawsuit filed in Washoe County District Court in Reno.
But it settles a key legal question in the dispute between Carl Lackey, a Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist, and Carolyn Stark, who administers a Facebook page that posts criticism of the state's bear control tactics, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
The lawsuit is the latest development in a yearslong legal and public relations battle between the agency and a group of activists who oppose state methods for managing bears. In 2018, a judge issued a protective order to keep Stark, who lives in the community of Incline Village, away from another state biologist who says Stark stalked her in a dispute over the capture of nuisance bears.
The high court's opinion is a victory for Stark, who argued she was being unjustly targeted for her activism, and a setback for Lackey, who claims harm from the hostile posts.
In the decade since Fargo agreed to host a sweat lodge for the many Native Americans who live in the area, the simple structure and its users have suffered a series of indignities: The land set aside for the lodge is in a gritty industrial area, a shirtless user was mistaken for a vagrant and arrested, and police mistook the lodge for a homeless encampment and had it bulldozed.
Now, the city has shuttered the lodge because of concerns over its safety and supervision, and the Native Americans who use it are worried about how they will be able to carry out their sacred healing ritual, even if many of them agree that changes were needed.
"It would be equivalent to the Catholic Church shutting down its location here in the Fargo-Moorhead area because they realized they had issues they needed to fix," Chalsey Snyder, a member of the city's Native American Commission, said recently, referring to Moorhead, Minnesota, which is across the Red River from Fargo. "Our traditions and our ceremonies are extremely revered."
Snyder, who belongs to the Three Affiliated Tribes, said the shuttering of the Fargo sweat lodge in December has caused an emergency for its diverse users, including some who come from as far away as South Dakota and Canada. The ceremonies, which are often referred to as "sweats," are important rituals that are meant to purify mind and body and that serve various other functions, depending on the tribe. The ceremonies are typically broken into rounds, with singing, praying, talking and drumming.
When NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (Insight) lander set down on Mars in November of 2018, it began its two-year primary mission of studying Mars' seismology and interior environment.
And now, just over a year and a half later, the results of the lander's first twelve months on the Martian surface have been released in a series of studies.
One of these studies, which was recently published in the journal Nature Geosciences, shared some rather interesting finds about magnetic fields on Mars.
According to the research team behind it, the magnetic field within the crater where InSight's landed is ten times stronger than expected. These findings could help scientists resolve key mysteries about Mars' formation and subsequent evolution.
North American audiences are not staying away from theaters amid virus concerns, according to the weekend's box office numbers. Disney and Pixar's "Onward" topped the charts as expected and the Ben Affleck basketball drama "The Way Back" also opened normally.
"Onward" earned $40 million from 4,310 North American locations, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It's on the lower end of openings for the studio, more in line with "The Good Dinosaur's" launch in 2015. "Onward" is an original story about two teenage elf brothers voiced by Chris Pratt and Tom Holland who get a chance to spend one last day with their late father.
Universal and Blumhouse's "The Invisible Man" dropped to second place in week two with $15.2 million, bringing its domestic total to $52.7 million. Worldwide, it's just shy of $100 million.
In third place, Warner Bros.' "The Way Back" opened in line with projections with an estimated $8.5 million. The R-rated drama cost around $21 million to produce.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Onward," $40 million ($28 million international).
2. "The Invisible Man," $15.2 million ($17.3 million international).
3. "The Way Back," $8.5 million ($640,000 international).
4. "Sonic the Hedgehog," $8 million ($12 million international).
5. "The Call of the Wild," $7 million ($4.8 million international).
6. "Emma," $5 million ($1.5 million international).
7. "Bad Boys For Life," $3.1 million ($2.8 million international).
8. "Birds of Prey," $2.2 million ($1.9 million international).
9. "Impractical Jokers: The Movie," $1.8 million.
10. "My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising," $1.5 million.
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