Hairy Collection (page 4)

Beauty and the Beast - Bathing Humour, featuring a hairy, rather ugly man surrounded in the surf by a bevvy of bathing beauties! Date: circa 1905

Shell
Specimen shell held at the Natural History Museum, London

Seven molluscs, including two bivalves and five gastropods
Watercolour 390 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Wee-ang-i, Ger-my, Won-ni, Goo-rung, from the Watling Collection

Millipede in amber
A Millipede, Myriapoda: Diplopoda preserved in Dominican amber. Specimen dates from the Lower Miocene about 20 million years old

Siler semiglaucus, jumping spider
A close-up head-on view of the four eyes and fangs of the jumping spider (Siler semiglaucus) from Sri Lanka

Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire bat
A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Ciliate plankton
Scanning electron microscope image of a ciliate showing clearly the microscopic hairs or cilia that they use for movement and feeding (x 700)

Urtica dioica, stinging nettle
A herb which has various medicinal benefits and produces tiny hairs that sting when in contact with skin due to the presence of histamine and formic acid

Arctia caja, garden tiger moth
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the garden tiger moth

Drosera
Sundew. A carniviorous bog plant which collects insects by secreting a sticky substance on fine hairs on the leaves which is also acidic, digesting the trapped insect

Tegenaria gigantia, house spider
Its usually the males which are seen struggling in baths, as they tend to wander in searching for females and get stuck. The males have longer legs and slimmer abdomens that the females

Polychaete worm
An annelid worm of the class Polychaeta

Melanerpes carolinus, red-bellied woodpecker Picoides villos
Plate 19, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Lasius niger, black garden ant
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a black ant leg. Widespread and common in a range of habitats but perhaps most familiar in gardens where nests are formed under paving stones and brickwork

Varroa jacobsoni, honey bee mite

Calliphora vicina, blowfly
A mounted specimen of the blowfly (Calliphora vicina) found in Stanley area of the East Falklands. Photographed by Martin Hall

Musca autumnalis, face fly
The face fly is a non-biting fly but is still a troublesome pest of cattle, as it feeds on secretions from the animals eyes and nose

Ptinus tectus, spider beetle
Scanning electron microscope image of a spider beetle (x 9). The long antennae, hairy body and waist-like constriction give this beetle the appearance of a spider

Euproctis chrysorrhoea, brown-tail moth caterpillar
These caterpillars of the brown-tail moth are noted for their poisonous hairs, which can cause a rash on contact with skin

Picoides villosus, Picoides tridactylus, Picoides pubescens
Plate 417 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Picoides villosus, Melanerpes lewis, M. carolinus, Sphyrapic
Plate 416 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Wilfred the Hairy (840-897). Death of the Count
" Wilfred " the Hairy" (840-897). Death of the Count Wilfred the Hairy. Work by BEJAR Y NOVELLA, Pablo Antonio de (1869-1921). Oil on canvas."

Jean Staininger, long bearded man of Braunau, shown here in all his hirsute glory

Elizabeth Gatley and her bearded brothers
Elizabeth Gatley (Lee) and her bearded brothers, Richard, John, Henry, Thomas, James and William! James (second from left - seated) is in mourning for his wife, hence the black armband

Prize Hog - Macedonia
A truly splendid prize-winning hairy sow of major repute in this small Macedonian village. Date: circa 1910s

Champion Brentwood Hero - Old English Sheepdog Date: circa 1910s

Optimist and pessimists - postcard by George Ranstead
Postcard by George Ranstead, amateur soldier artist of the Great War featuring three miserable looking hairy men with long beards, looking with suspicion at an optimist who is grinning broadly

Horse with very long mane and tail, 1892
This horse with an exceptionally long mane and tail, hails from Conneticut, United States of America. Date: 1892

Motorcycle Action Group - Charity Event
The Motorcycle Action Group prpepare to take toys to a Childrens ward during a charity event - Cornwall

A pig silhouetted against the sky
A pig stands silhouetted against the sky in a field

An orang utan sitting on his perch in the zoo. By the fierce expression on his face he seems to be annoyed or upset about something

Cistus Villosus and Dianthus Hungaricus
Cistus Villosus (Soft-Hairy Rock Rose), a flowering plant of the Cistaceae family (background), with Dianthus Hungaricus, a flowering plant of the Caryophyllaceae family (foreground)

Anemone Vernalis (Pulsatilla Vernalis), with the pink and white flowers partially open, and very hairy stems

A Spring P(h)antasy by Wilmot Lunt
Drawing on a popular theme of the 1920s, a rather sexually rampant looking faun with horns, disturbing red hair and beard and huge hairy legs ending in cloven hooves

Indian Hindu Fakir
A superb photograph (on a postcard) of a Hindu Indian Fakir with immensely long hair

Insects / Cheese Mite
Close up of cheese mites

Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money
A cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money after the First World War. The German man in the foreground is in rags, and has no trousers, but none of the other European powers is able to help

Madame Delait Reading
Madame Delait of Thaon-les-Vosges, described as the best-known bearded lady of France

Krao the Hairy Girl - 2
When KRAO was brought from Burma to London, aged about 6/7, some thought she might be the missing link between apes & men : but in fact she was simply a very hairy girl

Hairy Folk of Mandalay
Hairy family of Mandalay, Burma

Racial / Hairy Bear / Winneb
Hairy Bear: Chief of the Winnebago tribe

Male Ball Dress 1820S
Red plush cloak (manteau) with green lining, black pumps, pantaloons buttoning at the ankle, stockings, top hat, waistcoat & cut-away coat with roll collar & white cravat

Ainu Men / Japan
Ainu Men in traditional costume

Monsters of Asia - a giraffe and a camel, but also a unicorn, a cocodrille, a salamander and a hairy man that could be a yeti

English sailor, Chinese depiction
A Chinese depiction of an English sailor

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