Human uses of animals mantis was considered a god in southern African Khoi and San tradition for its praying posture. Among the mammals, cattle, deer, horses, lions, bats and wolves (including werewolves), are the subjects of myths and worship. Reptiles too, such as the crocodile, have been worshipped as gods in cultures including ancient Egypt and Hinduism. Of the twelve signs of the Western zodiac, six, namely Aries (ram), Taurus (bull), Cancer (crab), Leo (lion), Scorpio (scorpion), and Pisces (fish) are animals, while two others, Sagittarius (horse/man) and Capricorn (fish/goat) are hybrid animals; the name zodiac indeed means a circle of animals. All twelve
Letter-winged kite under its current binomial name "Elanus scriptus". The specific epithet is from the Latin word "scriptum" meaning "written" or "marked". Charles Sturt wrote of seeing them on his travels in his 1849 book "Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia". The letter-winged kite is monotypic; no subspecies are recognized, nor is there any recorded geographic variation. "Letter-winged kite" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). In Central Australia, southwest of Alice Springs, the Pitjantjatjara term for the letter-winged kite is "nyanyitjira". It has been incorrectly called white-breasted sparrowhawk. Molecular evidence shows that the letter-winged kite