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
The Creature from the Pit Karela, the Huntsman, his Wolfweeds, and some guards, enter the Pit and make their way to the Doctor, Organon and the Creature. The scavengers have meanwhile raided the throne room for booty, including the alien shield. It exerts influence over two of them, who take it to the Pit and place it on the Creature. It turns out the shield is a communication device. Erato, as the Creature is named, is the Tythonian ambassador to Chloris and came to negotiate a treaty exchanging metal for chlorophyll fifteen years earlier. Its craft was the vast egg found in the jungle. However,