Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a "rainbow" creature with "large" yellow eyes. Something about it caught the ...

American author and humorist John Kendrick Bangs wrote: "I have no dog, but it must be / Somewhere there's one belongs to me. / A little chap with wagging tail, / And dark brown eyes that never quail, ...