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
Mytilaster minimus many areas of theMediterranean. The invasive mussel is better able to tolerate higher temperatures and salinities than "M. minimus", and in recent years average water temperatures in the Mediterranean have been increasing. "B. pharaonis" interferes with the recruitment of "M. minimus" and has a detrimental affect on its survival and growth. In some area of Israel "M. minimus" is now rarely encountered M. minimus is not tolerant of pollution and this can cause colonies to disappear. Mytilaster minimus Mytilaster minimus, the dwarf mussel or variable mussel, is a species of mussel from sea and brackish waters of the Mediterranean Sea.