Fear of fish footballer Paolo Di Canio describes finding that his then team-mate, Peter Grant suffered from ichthyophobia. During a practical joke, Di Canio describes Grant's fearful reaction after finding a salmon head in his bed. Grant told "The Independent" that item in his bed was in fact a "shark's head" and "to say I got a fright when I put my feet between the sheets is an understatement." The term "ichthyophobia" comes from the Greek ἰχθῦς - "ichthus", meaning "fish" and φόβος - "phobos", "fear". "Galeophobia" comes from the Greek γαλεός - "galeos", "small shark". Fear of fish Fear of fish or
Creatures of the Cosmos here with animals is likely to appeal." Creatures of the Cosmos Creatures of the Cosmos is an anthology of fantasy and science fiction short stories for younger readers, edited by Catherine Crook de Camp. It was first published in hardcover by Westminster Press in 1977. It was the third such anthology assembled by de Camp, following the earlier "3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction" (1972) and "Tales Beyond Time" (1973), both of which she edited together with her husband L. Sprague de Camp. The book collects eight tales by various authors, in each of which "a strange beast, or