Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld has a large number of creatures unique to it or its parasite universes (such as Fairyland or Death's Domain). Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... The Discworld is the setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... Deaths Domain is a fictional dimension in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

Ambiguous Puzuma

A big cat with a quite unique black and white check coat, the ambiguous puzuma is the Disc's fastest animal. Because of the Disc's standing magical field, which slows down light to approximately the speed of sound, the puzuma can actually achieve near-light-speed. Because of this, seeing a puzuma in motion means it isn't there. Puzumas commonly die from complications caused by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle; they lose concentration because they cannot simultaneously know who they are and where they are, frequently causing them to crash into an obstacle. Many males also die from ankle failure caused by excessively running after females who aren't present. Big cat refers to the medium-to-large wild felids of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. ... The Discworld in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels runs on magic. ... Cherenkov effect in a swimming pool nuclear reactor. ... In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that one cannot assign with full precision values for certain pairs of observable variables, including the position and momentum, of a single particle at the same time. ...

Bookworm, .303

A bookworm that has evolved in magical libraries. Because of the constant danger of running into a volume containing spells (which release thaumic radiation), the .303 caliber bookworm eats quickly. So quickly, in fact, that it has been known to ricochet off walls after boring through a shelf of books. Possibly these creatures use L-space to spread from one library to another, although in no explorations into L-space have such bookworms been mentioned. Bookworm can refer to: The insect of that name. ... L-space, thought to be short for library-space, is a fictional dimension or set of dimensions documented in Terry Pratchetts Discworld books. ...

Curious Squid

A small species of squid, whose curiosity exceeds their ability at making connections. They are small, harmless and reckoned by many experts to have the foulest taste of any creature in the world. Due to this they are in great demand at a certain type of restaurant where skilled chefs with great care make dishes containing no trace of the squid at all. Apparently the only place they can be found is in the area around the sunken island of Leshp, in the Circle Sea, approximately halfway between Al-Khali and Ankh-Morpork. Suborders Myopsina Oegopsina Squids are the large, diverse group of marine cephalopods, popular as food in cuisines as widely separated as the Korean and the Italian. ... Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld Eating Out redirects here. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...

Dragons

Dragons are a genus of reptiles which apparently evolved on the Disc's Moon. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians  Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras  Squamata   Suborder Sauria- Lizards   Suborder Serpentes - Snakes   Suborder Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria  Saurischia  Ornithischia Reptiles are tetrapods, and also are amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ...

Draco lunaris

Possibly the original species of dragon, these Moon Dragons inhabit the Disc's moon. They are quite similar to draco vulgaris, but have silver scales and flame from their rears. This allows them flight by means of the rocket principle. They subsist on a silvery plant which apparently covers much of the Moon and glows by means of phosphorescence, creating moonlight. This species is seen in The Last Hero. Flight is the process of flying: either movement through the air by aerodynamically generating lift or aerostatically using buoyancy, or movement beyond earths atmosphere by spacecraft. ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... Phosphorescent powder under visible light, ultraviolet light, and total darkness. ... The Last Hero is a short novel of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. ...

Draco noblis

The large, graceful fire-breathing creatures of legend (mostly similar to European dragons). Probably evolved from draco vulgaris, these dragons use magic to combat the physical laws that would normally kill a flapping-winged creature weighing several tons and spitting burning substances. Because this requires more magic than the Discworld can in normal circumstances provide, draco noblis now exist mostly in a parasite universe closely connected to the human imagination. They can be briefly released from this universe by a sufficient expenditure of magic, or summoned on a more permanent basis in areas of background magic. Examples of this can be found in The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards! Saint George versus the dragon, Gustave Moreau, c. ... The Discworld in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels runs on magic. ... This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. ... The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983. ... Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989. ...

Draco stellaris nauticae

The star voyaging dragon is massive even when compared to draco noblis. Like draco lunaris, this species flames from the rear to achieve propulsion. Their food is the various debris they trawl from the voids they travel. Smaller dragons voyage by attaching themselves to the hide of this species, much like the remora. The species was first observed by Leonard of Quirm during the events of The Last Hero, which may mean that they are either quite rare or avoid positioning themselves so as to be visible from the Disc. Genera 10 species in 5 genera: Echeneis Phtheiricthys Remora Remorina Rhombochirus Remora are long, slender brown fish (order Perciformes, family Echeneidae) 30-90 cm long (1-3 feet) with a modified dorsal fin used as an oval sucker-like attachment organ with slat-like structures that open and close to... Leonard of Quirm is a fictional character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ... The Last Hero is a short novel of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. ...

Draco vulgaris

Main article: Swamp dragon Swamp dragons (draco vulgaris) are fictitious creatures from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

Quantum Weather Butterfly

The Quantum Weather Butterfly is a butterfly which has evolved the curious trait of weather control. This is used as a defence mechanism. The insect is yellow, with Mandelbrot patterns on its wings. Its classification is Papilio tempestae, and it appears mainly in Interesting Times. It is based on the illustration of chaos theory that the air movement caused by a butterfly flapping its wings in America could eventually cause a storm in China. A rendering of the Mandelbrot set: black points represent the stable points under the iterative map In mathematics, the Mandelbrot set is a fractal that is defined as the set of points c in the complex plane for which the iteratively defined sequence does not tend to infinity. ... Interesting Times is a novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. ... In mathematics and physics, chaos theory deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that (under certain conditions) exhibit the phenomenon known as chaos, most famously characterised by sensitivity to initial conditions (see butterfly effect). ...

Shadowing Lemma

A creature which exists in only two dimensions and eats mathematicians. How exactly this works is a matter possibly best left untouched. In common usage, the dimensions (from Latin measured out) of an object are the parameters or measurements required to define its shape and size, that is, usually, its height, width, and length. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ...

Vermine

This small rodent is a more careful variant of the lemming, as it only throws itself off small pebbles. Its fur coat is very valuable (particularly to the creature itself, which will do anything rather than let go of it). Many articles of expensive clothing, such as wizard's robes, tend to be lined with vermine. Genera Dicrostonyx Lemmus Synaptomys Myopus  * Incomplete listing: see vole Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic. ...

World-bearing Turtle

Also known as chelys galactica. The Discworld's example is commonly named "Great A'tuin" and is of unknown gender. How they arise is a matter of some difficulty to answer. Faust Eric shows Great A'Tuin being made instantly from nothing, seemingly in support of the theory that it came from nowhere and would continue at a constant pace into nowhere mentioned in The Colour of Magic. However, The Light Fantastic shows Great A'Tuin watching the hatching of its children, which supports the Big Bang hypothesis also mentioned in The Colour of Magic. According to the wizards of Unseen University, chelys galactica are composed largely of the element chelonium, the properties of which are apparently known to them(They do tests to look for it in Roundworld in The Science of Discworld), but not to readers. Turtles all the way down refers to an infinite regression myth about the nature of the universe (see Cosmology). ... Faust Eric (commonly abbreviated F^HE) is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ... The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983. ... The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ... The Coat of Arms of Unseen University. ... Fictional chemical substances are compounds or minerals that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). ... The Science of Discworld is a 1999 book written by novelist Terry Pratchett and popular science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. ...