The Animals in the Bible: The Identity and Natural History of All the Animals Mentioned in the Bible

abomination Addax Africa ancient animals Ardeidae Aurochs bats beast Bible Biblical birds bittern body Book of Job Bovidae breeding called camels cattle Cervidae classification claws cockatrice color covered cranes creatures cuckoos deer desert Deut domesticated dragon eagle earth eggs Egypt Egyptians Eurasia Exod fallow deer feathers feed feet female fish flesh flies flocks fowl frogs goat Greek Hebrew Hebrew word heron hippopotamus Hoopoe horns horses hunt insects Israel Israelites Jordan Jordan River kind king known Lammergeier land of Egypt legs lice lion live lizards Lord male mammals mentioned nest Old Testament ostrich Palestine parable pelican Pharaoh plague prey quail referred regions River scholars serpent sheep sirrush skin snakes species stork swallow symbol tail thee thou toes translated unclean unicorn unto Moses vulture weasels whale wild wings young