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
Gluteus minimus (fossil) an animal similar to "Bellerophon" in the same sediments had been replaced with apatite. No amino acids could be recovered. The identity of "Gluteus minimus" has been enigmatic since its original discovery. Weller's specimens collected in 1902 are labelled "Fish remains?" in his sister's handwriting, Burlington's specimens are labelled "Cone scales?", and Belanski described them as "apparently dermal ossifications of some fish". While "Gluteus minimus" has been interpreted as either a fish tooth or a brachiopod, it cannot be confidently placed in any phylum. Gluteus minimus (fossil) Gluteus minimus is a fossil from the Upper Devonian of Iowa. It was