The Beast from Beauty and the Beast

Designer Glen Keane created the Beast’s distinctive look from seven different animals. He’s got the mane of a lion, the beard and head of a buffalo, the brow of a gorilla, the tusks of a boar, the body of a bear, and the legs and tail of a wolf. What’s the seventh animal? Well, a human, of course! Those baby blue eyes were intended to look as human as possible. “All the other cool stuff, the animal things, and all the horns and everything, are set dressing for the eyes,” Keane has said in interviews.

Princesses and their gloves

All the official Disney princesses are either born or married into the royalty. The three Disney Princess Cinderella, Belle, and Tiana are always seen wearing opera gloves; well, that’s because opera gloves signify that they married into royalty. While the remaining Disney princesses like Snow White, Rapunzel, Merida, and Ariel, etc., don’t wear such gloves, and show their hands and wrists because they are princess by birth.

Hulk and his colour

In the debut of Hulk, comic book writer, Stan Lee chose grey for the Hulk because he wanted a colour that did not suggest any particular ethnic group. But the colourist Stan Goldberg, however, had problems with the grey colouring, resulting in different shades of grey, and even green, in the issue. Thus, after seeing the first published issue, Lee chose to change the skin colour to green.

Wolverine and his claws

Before the X-Men comic books, Wolverine was originally an enemy of the Hulk. In the 1974 issue of The Incredible Hulk #180, the original Wolverine did not have retractable claws but instead he wore gloves with claws attached. He had animal like senses and rage with Spider-man like strength.

‘World’s northernmost island’ discovered

A team of Arctic researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast. The scientists initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples during an expedition conducted in July. They instead wound up on an undiscovered island further north.

“Island hunters” are known as adventurers whose hobby it is to search for unknown islands. The island is 780 metres (about 850 yards) north of Oodaaq, an island off Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland and one of the most northerly points of land on Earth. It consists primarily of small mounds of silt and gravel, according to expedition leader Morten Rasch.

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 25th, 2021