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National Geographic, Vol. 182, July 1992

photo by Joel Sartore for article "America's Third Coast"

Captioned: Holy Rosary Cemetery shares common ground with the petrochemical plants massed upriver from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. High rates of malignancies among residents have tagged the region Cancer Alley. - article author Douglas Bennet Lee

Meet the cape golden mole (Chrysochloris asiatica)! Despite the resemblance, this critter is not a true mole. Instead, scientists consider golden moles to be part of the superorder Afrotheria, which includes elephants, hyraxes, and manatees! True moles are part of the superorder Laurasiatheria. Weighing about 0.1 lbs (0.05 kg), the cape golden mole spends most of its time underground, inhabiting tunnels that can be 656 ft (200 m) long. It hunts insects and small invertebrates by sensing their vibrations beneath the surface. 

Trent Resnor, Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock ‘94

Cloelia

“Cloelia”, illumination from the manuscript “Des cleres et nobles femmes”, ms. Spencer Collection 033, f. 29v, ca. 1450