Squealer (Animal Farm) wrote, "All people who are morally sound have known since about 1931 that the Russian régime stinks". Squealer, as the chief propagandist of the regime, is prominent in the story and Orwell defines the path down which small lies lead to bigger lies. Orwell regarded propaganda as a feature of all modern governments but especially prominent in totalitarian regimes, which depended on it. In "The Prevention of Literature" (1946) he described 'organised lying' as a crucial element of totalitarian states. 3. Animal Farm by George Orwell Squealer (Animal Farm) Squealer is a fictional character, a pig, in George Orwell's "Animal
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.