#cyclopes

A female Northern silky anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis) carries her youngster on her back in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Silky Anteater a.k.a. Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), family Cyclopedidae, Costa Rica

Silky Anteater Cyclopes xinguensis

Found in southern Mexico, and Central and South America, it is the smallest of all known anteaters. It has nocturnal habits and appears to be completely arboreal; its hind feet are highly modified for climbing.

𝐂𝐘𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒 - 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 : 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬

Children of Poseidon

Live on islands

Height : 15-20 meters

Keepers of the Herd, minor monsters made by Poseidon

Famous example : Polyphemus (476.) and his « sheeps » (475.), both share a slug-sheep pattern

Spoiled, lazy, and not the sharpest tool in the shed, but skilled musician

See also this previous post about the Blacksmiths (472.), the Builders (436.), and the Thunderbolts (480.).

cyclopes

illustration from a copy of thomas of cantimpré's "de natura rerum", flanders, c. 1475