Alonnisos Marine Park ("Larus cacchinans"), and, nesting among the rocks, the "Apus capus" and "Apus melba", the rock nuthatch ("Sitta neumayeri"), etc. The existing flora also favours the presence of species of the family Sylvidae, e.g. the Sardinian warbler ("Sylvia melanocephala") and the blackcap ("Sylvia atricapilla"). Underwater fauna is also varied, with many benthic and fish species. Various species of dolphins and some whale species may be seen in the region, such as the common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis"), the striped dolphin ("Stenella coeruleoalba"), the bottlenose dolphin ("Tursiops truncatus"), the long-finned pilot whale ("Globicephala melas"), the sperm whale ("Physeter macrocephalus") and the Cuvier's beaked
Yale (mythical creature) Yale (mythical creature) The yale or centicore (Latin: "eale") is a mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry. Most descriptions make it an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns that it can swivel in any direction. The name might be derived from Hebrew יָעֵל ("yael"), meaning "Ibex". The yale was first written about by Pliny the Elder in Book VIII of his "Natural History": he describes the "eale" as a creature found in Aethiopia "the size of a hippopotamus, with an elephant's tail, of a black or tawny colour, with the