Dinsdale was deeply afraid of Spiny Norman, an ( apparently ) imaginary hedgehog who, he believed, lived in a hangar at Luton Airport and who " was wont to be about twelve feet from " snout to tail ", ( one version states " about twelve feet from " tip of his snout to his anus "); when Dinsdale was depressed, Norman could be anything up to eight hundred yards long.

" Spiny Norman ( created by animator Terry Gilliam ) appeared in this sketch growling " Dinsdale!

However, Dinsdale's fear of Spiny Norman proved to be their undoing, as he decided to solve the problem once and for all by detonating his nuclear device at Luton Airport in February 1966.

Spiny Norman, an imaginary Hedgehog, in the Monty Python sketch, The Piranha Brothers, was named after him.

Notable species include the Rattlebox ( Sesbania punicea ), Spiny Sesbania ( Sesbania bispinosa ), and Sesbania sesban, which is used in cooking.

Spiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pakosławice, within Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

There is a high component of herb species throughout the meadows including Saw-wort ( Serratuta tinctoria ), Dyer ’ s Greenweed ( Genista tinctoria ), Common Knapweed, Pepper-saxifrage ( Silaum silaus ), Devil ’ s-bit Scabious ( Succisa pratensis ), Betony ( Stachys officinalis ) and Spiny Restharrow ( Ononis spinosa ).

Spiny orb-weavers is a common name for Gasteracantha, a genus of spiders.

Lying slightly north of Rasini, the fishing port straddles 2 ° 4 ' 11. 90 " S and 41 ° 8 ' 29. 92 " E, and is the southern reach of the Kizingitini-Kiunga Spiny lobster fishery.

File: Amaranthus. spinosus1web. jpg | Spiny Amaranth ( Amaranthus spinosus )

Spiny forest at Ifaty, Madagascar, featuring various Adansonia ( baobab ) species, Alluaudia procera ( Madagascar ocotillo ) and other vegetation.

Spiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters, are a family ( Palinuridae ) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia.

Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, sometimes called crayfish, sea crayfish or crawfish, terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish.

Spiny lobsters can be easily distinguished from true lobsters by their very long, thick, spiny antennae, by the lack of chelae ( claws ) on the first four pairs of walking legs, although the females of most species have a small claw on the fifth pair, and by a particularly specialized larval phase called phyllosoma.

Spiny lobsters have typically a slightly compressed carapace, lacking any lateral ridges.

Spiny lobsters tend to live in crevices of rocks and coral reefs, only occasionally venturing out at night to seek snails, clams, crabs, sea urchins or carrion to eat.

Spiny lobsters navigate by using the smell and taste of natural substances in the water that change in different parts of the ocean.

Spiny lobsters usually exhibit social habit by being together.

The rare Richmond Birdwing butterfly, Blue Spiny Crayfish and glow-worms which are the larvae of the fungus fly are found in the park.

Medium Spiny Cells are a typical example of inhibitory CNS GABAergic cells.

* McCracken, Kevin G. ( 2000 ): " The 20-cm Spiny Penis of the Argentine Lake Duck ( Oxyura vittata )".

In South Africa certain species of Protea ( in particular Protea humiflora, P. amplexicaulis, P. subulifolia, P. decurrens and P. cordata ) are adapted to pollination by rodents ( particularly Cape Spiny Mouse, Acomys subspinosus ) and elephant shrews ( Elephantulus species ).

* Roberts, T. R. " Systematic Review of the Mastacembelidae or Spiny Eels of Burma and Thailand, with Description of Two New Species of Macrognathus.

* V. spinulosus, Spiny-Necked Monitor, Solomon Island Spiny Monitor

These include Black Rhinoceros, De Brazza's Monkey, Hippopotamus, Naked Mole-Rat, Reticulated Giraffe, Gerenuk, Egyptian Spiny Mouse, Damara Zebra, Speke's Gazelle, Southern Ground Hornbill, Weaver Birds, Marabou Storks, Cape Thick-Knee, Red-crested Turaco, Hamerkop, Buffalo Weaver, Hingeback Tortoises, Meerkat, and Spiny-Tailed Lizards.

( Norman Mailer ), but no one can deny that the screen crackles with electricity whenever he is on it.

A favorite is Norman Norell, however.

This is not to say that the only explanation of the present infatuation with Norman Vincent Peale's `` cult of reassurance '' or the other types of a purely cultural Christianity is the ever-present need for a demythologized gospel.

"), is the inspiration for the text of several pieces of choral music, usually entitled When David Heard ( such as those by Renaissance composers Thomas Tomkins and Thomas Weelkes, or American composers Eric Whitacre, Joshua Shank, and Norman Dinerstein ).

Norman Steenrod characterized Lefschetz ' impact as editor as follows :" The importance to American mathematicians of a first-class journal is that it sets high standards for them to aim at.

That this is due in some degree to accident is clear from the character of the words, and from the fact that several reappear and are common after the Norman Conquest.

The tower which remains from the original Norman church and stands on the north side of the church ( the upper part is 15th century ) was, until the loss of its spire in 1699, 150 ft high.

Indeed it can be argued the country has never been independent since there is an arguable legitimate succession of states, systems and entities from the Norman Conquest, 1066.

In one archaic usage, " common law " is used to refer to certain customs in England dating to before the Norman conquest and before there was any consistent law to be applied.

Before the Norman conquest in 1066, justice was administered primarily by what is today known as the county courts ( the modern " counties " were referred to as " Shires " in pre-Norman times ), presided by the diocesan bishop and the sheriff, exercising both ecclesiastical and civil jurisdiction.

An example is the cult status of British comedic actor Norman Wisdom's films in Albania.

* With O < sub > h </ sub > symmetry, it is a rectified cube or rectified octahedron ( Norman Johnson )

When the United States entered World War I, Eastman organized with Roger Baldwin and Norman Thomas the National Civil Liberties Bureau to protect conscientious objectors, or in her words: " To maintain something over here that will be worth coming back to when the weary war is over.

* The draugr is also one of the inspirations behind " Serpent's Mound " by Ceri Norman.

One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.

Officially, the original story is credited to Graham Baker and Andrew Bennison, while the screenplay was written by Seton Miller and Norman Z. McLeod.

Janssen is jointly credited with detecting the element along with Norman Lockyer during the solar eclipse of 1868, and Lockyer was the first to propose that the line was due to a new element, which he named.

The European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) prevalent in modern Britain is assumed to have been introduced from the continent after the Norman invasion of 1066.

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering is a 2000 book by Norman G. Finkelstein that argues that the American Jewish establishment exploits the memory of the Nazi Holocaust for political and financial gain, as well as to further the interests of Israel.

*" It Takes an Enormous Amount of Courage to Speak the Truth When No One Else is Out There " -- World-Renowned Holocaust, Israel Scholars Defend DePaul Professor Norman Finkelstein as He Fights for Tenure ( Raul Hilberg and Avi Shlaim speak in support of Norman Finkelstein's scholarship and " The Holocaust Industry " specifically.

It is thought that the Norman encampment was on the town ’ s outskirts, where there was open ground ; a new town was already being built in the valley to the east.

One theory claims that the name " haggis " is derived from Norman French.