Taxonomy
Germany
3 entries
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Book V
Apollo Intensa Emozione
Named for the god who killed the Python and then took its oracle for himself
Apollo’s first recorded act on reaching Delphi was to kill the serpent that lived there. He then established his oracle on the spot and named its…
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Book VI
Wiesmann — the Gecko
The closest miss in the entire book. A genuine cousin, refused at the door on a technicality.
Wiesmann puts a gecko on every car it builds, because a gecko sticks to things. Geckos are squamates. Snakes are squamates. This is the nearest…
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Book VI
Opel Manta
A ray that does not even have the venom
The manta ray is a filter feeder with no sting, no venom and no interest in you. Opel named a coupé after it in 1970 and Germany turned that coupé…