A brief bestiary

bear

The bear: The bear's tastes vary widely. Salmon, honey, marmalade and hikers have all been reported as favourites of particular bears.


lion

The lion: The lion is regarded as the king of the beasts in fiction and fantasy. In reality, that title belongs to the upstart ape homo sapiens sapiens. If we exclude man then the elephant is the next likely candidate. Male lions are known for letting the females do all the hard work and killing any step-cubs they may aquire with a mate.


monoceros

The monoceros: Also known as the unicorn, the monoceros is a beast of pure fantasy. However, experiments done on two-horned animals where the horn buds were removed and a single one reimplanted in the front of the skull have shown that the single-horned beasts tend to be dominant over their two-horned siblings.