An American variation on the femme fatale of the 19th-century romantics, she was not the figure of mystery and dark allure that her European predecessors were, but a more carnal, blatantly sexual and self-interested creature.
In fact, it might be impossible to avoid ("we're self-interested creatures").
Kids, in particular, are threatened by this kind of disinformation — lots of them are interested in mythical creatures like dragons, so they may readily uncover news that "dragons really lived" and believe it, especially because this information is based on a real scientific discovery made by respected scientists.
Dieter Laser as Dr. Josef Heiter, a retired surgeon who specialised in the separation of conjoined twins, but in retirement is more interested in joining creatures together.
Be interested in snow creatures if you come across one, or see one at the zoo.
The abundance of the creatures has interested marine scientists in the area, with the belief being that the warm water has attracted the crabs further north, with their usual habitat being Baja California.
I like knowing that the city is not completely human, and become interested in other wild creatures in Berlin too: red squirrels, foxes and even feral raccoons, descended from animals that escaped from farms bombed in the second world war.
My brother's method meant that the creature would be interested but not fixed.
In the moment of running away, he doesn't think much at all, forming only a single mental impression: a lieutenant who waves a sword in an attempt to stop him must be "a peculiar creature to feel interested in such matters upon this occasion".
But while some male creatures are more interested in procreation than parenting, the wild kingdom still has its share of tender papas, which the Bronx Zoo will celebrate (along with their human counterparts) this weekend.
And it was the incredible insect-eating capabilities of bats that first got Rannefors and his business partner, Harrison Broadhurst, interested in marketing designer houses for the creatures to live in during the spring and summer months when they aren't hibernating.
