Benjamin (Animal Farm) Benjamin (Animal Farm) Benjamin is a donkey in George Orwell's novel "Animal Farm". He is also the oldest of all the animals (he is alive in the last scene of the novel). He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel, and a number of interpretations have been put forward to which social class he represents as regards to the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union. ("Animal Farm" is an allegory for the evolution of Communism in Russia, with each animal representing a different social class, e.g. Boxer represents the working class.) Benjamin also represents the old people of
Pristimantis minimus Pristimantis minimus Pristimantis minimus is a minute frog from the family Craugastoridae. It is found in the Cordillera del Cóndor at elevations between asl on either side of the valley of the Rio Nangaritza, in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province of Ecuador. The species is the smallest known frog discovered in Ecuador to date, and is the smallest of the "Pristimantis" genus. It is suggested that this miniaturization is an adaptation to resource-poor environments. Males of "Pristimantis minimus" grow to a mean size of in snout–vent length (range: ). Females are somewhat larger, in snout–vent length. Dorsum is smooth to slightly shagreen.