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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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 Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:55 am
 Hello Everyone, This week's weekly creature is the basilisk. Basilisk are gigantic snake like mythical creatures. They preferably like to live in dark places. They have a look that can turn anyone or anything that gazes directly at to stone. A famous Basilisk is one found in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Your job for this week's contest is to come up with any facts, videos, pictures, or anything else dealing with basilisks. Again the winner will recieve a prize! Thanks and have fun, kagome_roker
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:54 pm
please update weekly if you can. Whats this week? neutral
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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:42 pm
I am this week it is the Basilisk please read the title before submitting. Thanks.
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:17 am
The Basilsk is also a type of ordinary lizard from austrailia... the one that runs on water. But yes, the gigantic snake is real.
Basilisks are born only when a frog sits on and incubates a chicken egg.
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:36 pm
I learned when I was young that Basilisks look like this:
I'd never ever heard of the "giant snake" basilisk until Harry Potter came out. O_o
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:56 am
The Basilisk is thought to be the King of the Serpents and has been said to be able to cause death with simply a glance.
The appearance of the Basilisk is highly disputed, however, because no one who has seen the Basilisk ever lives to tell about it.
The basilisk has been said to look like the horned adder or hooded cobra from India -- a snake with a golden crown. In the Middle Ages, however, it had become a snake with the head of a c**k, and sometimes with the head of a human.
The only way to kill a basilisk is by holding a mirror in front of its eyes, while avoiding to look directly at it. The moment the creature sees its own reflection, it will die of fright.
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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:48 pm
Keep up the good work everyone. Oh and I am intializing a new rule. A contestant in these contests can only win twice. I want to make this fair for all the other contestants and give them a shot at winning also. Please if you feel this unfair to you or anyone else let me know.
Thanks,
kagome_roker
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:55 pm
It is said that a Basilisk only comes into existance when a c**k's egg is hatched under a serpent or toad in a dunghill. The word Basilisk derives from the Greek word "Basiliskos" which means "little king." It is also said that a way to kill a Basilisk is if a human saw the creature before it saw them. Another more well known way is to show the creature it's reflection. Not only is the Basilisk's gaze deadly, but it's breath is fatal to any human, beast or plant life unfortunate enough to absorb it. The Basilisk is said to have relations to the ancient Greek beings the Gorgon Sisters (the most famous being Medusa) and that is where it gets it's fatal gaze. The Basilisk has appeared in movies(including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), books and video games (the most famous games being the Final Fantasy line). There is also the Common Basilisk, which is a lizard that is native to Central and South America. It can escape it's predators by running at incredible speeds across bodies of water, giving it the illusion of "walking on water."  Ancient Basilisk  Common Basilisk Final Fantasy basilisk Harry Potter basiliskAll pictures courtesy of Photobucket
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:12 am
kagome_roker Keep up the good work everyone. Oh and I am intializing a new rule. A contestant in these contests can only win twice. I want to make this fair for all the other contestants and give them a shot at winning also. Please if you feel this unfair to you or anyone else let me know. Thanks, kagome_roker Just to clarify -- Twice ever? or Twice over a certain span of time (i.e.: twice every two months)?
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:50 am
Kyrellyan kagome_roker Keep up the good work everyone. Oh and I am intializing a new rule. A contestant in these contests can only win twice. I want to make this fair for all the other contestants and give them a shot at winning also. Please if you feel this unfair to you or anyone else let me know. Thanks, kagome_roker Just to clarify -- Twice ever? or Twice over a certain span of time (i.e.: twice every two months)? Twice over a certain span of time. One can only win twice during one month. It is a way to get everyone else a chance at winning! I want this to be fair for everyone.
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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:16 am
kagome_roker Kyrellyan kagome_roker Keep up the good work everyone. Oh and I am intializing a new rule. A contestant in these contests can only win twice. I want to make this fair for all the other contestants and give them a shot at winning also. Please if you feel this unfair to you or anyone else let me know. Thanks, kagome_roker Just to clarify -- Twice ever? or Twice over a certain span of time (i.e.: twice every two months)? Twice over a certain span of time. One can only win twice during one month. It is a way to get everyone else a chance at winning! I want this to be fair for everyone.
Agreed! I think it's a very fair way of handling it. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:30 pm
Kyrellyan kagome_roker Kyrellyan kagome_roker Keep up the good work everyone. Oh and I am intializing a new rule. A contestant in these contests can only win twice. I want to make this fair for all the other contestants and give them a shot at winning also. Please if you feel this unfair to you or anyone else let me know. Thanks, kagome_roker Just to clarify -- Twice ever? or Twice over a certain span of time (i.e.: twice every two months)? Twice over a certain span of time. One can only win twice during one month. It is a way to get everyone else a chance at winning! I want this to be fair for everyone. Agreed! I think it's a very fair way of handling it. 3nodding Thanks and again if you have any questions let me know.
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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:52 am
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE SUBMITTED AND PARTICIPATED IN THIS WEEKS WEEKLY CREATURE CONTEST. AFTER LOOKING OVER THE SUBMISSIONS; I DECIDED TO GIVE THIS WEEK'S CONTEST TO CRYSTAL DRAGON WINGS! SO CONGRATS!
THIS MONDAY I WILL START A NEW THREAD, SO GET READY!
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:27 pm
kagome_roker THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE SUBMITTED AND PARTICIPATED IN THIS WEEKS WEEKLY CREATURE CONTEST. AFTER LOOKING OVER THE SUBMISSIONS; I DECIDED TO GIVE THIS WEEK'S CONTEST TO CRYSTAL DRAGON WINGS! SO CONGRATS! THIS MONDAY I WILL START A NEW THREAD, SO GET READY! Thank you for choosing me!^-^
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cupcake_ninja08 Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:11 pm
Crystal Dragon Wings kagome_roker THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE SUBMITTED AND PARTICIPATED IN THIS WEEKS WEEKLY CREATURE CONTEST. AFTER LOOKING OVER THE SUBMISSIONS; I DECIDED TO GIVE THIS WEEK'S CONTEST TO CRYSTAL DRAGON WINGS! SO CONGRATS! THIS MONDAY I WILL START A NEW THREAD, SO GET READY! Thank you for choosing me!^-^ Your Welcome, keep on posting! ^ ^ You might win again this month!
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