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Ahuizotl

Ahuizotl

small creature with monkey hands and feet, a hand at the end of its long tail. [Mex. Myth.: Leach]
See: Monsters
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El zanate Quiscalus mexicanus, es originario de la vertiente del Golfo de Mexico y fue introducido al centro del pais en la epoca del octavo emperador azteca Ahuizotl, entre los anos 1486 y 1502 (Haeming 1978, Christensen 2000).
Dos nuevos registros de alimentacion de quiscalus mexicanus y cyanocoraxsanblasianus en la costa de Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico
The Aztecs, for instance, have given us the three-handed Ahuizotl, which drowns fishermen who steal its fish.
O lord, what a variety of things you have made
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