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  1. Scylla And Charybdis

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    The Nature of Scylla
    Scylla is depicted as a terrifying female figure with a distinctly non-mammalian physiology. Classical accounts describe her as possessing twelve feet and six long, serpentine necks, each terminating in a grotesque head lined with triple rows of razor-sharp teeth.
    A peculiar aspect of Scylla's biology, frequently overlooked in popularized retellings, is her dependence on ambient atmospheric pressure. It is theorized that Scylla’s six heads are not merely predatory appendages but specialized barometric sensors. When the atmospheric pressure drops s…