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8 Creepy Critters in the Work of Edgar Allan Poe: Media

Behold the menagerie of the master of horror.

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Common raven (Corvus corax)
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Master of the macabre
Edgar Allan Poe.
U.S. Signal Corps/National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at Cape Royds rookery on Ross Island....
Courtesy of A.B. Ford
cestodiasis
Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable...
Dr. Mae Melvin/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)(Image Number: 1515)
bay Morgan stallion
Morgan stallion with bay coat.
© Scott Smudsky
scarab beetle
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Common raven (Corvus corax).
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death's head moth
Death's head moth (Acherontia atropos), a species of hawk moth.
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Orangutan.
PRNewsFoto/Smithsonian National Zoo/AP Images
cat
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