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Detailed explanation-1: -The Chimera is a monster in Greek mythology, who had the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a snake. Other times, she had a middle head, body, and hind legs of a lion, a right head and right hoof of a goat or ram, a left head, left hand, and wings of a dragon, and a snake for a tail.

Detailed explanation-2: -Similarly, Apollodorus describes the Chimera as having the front of a lion, the tail of a snake, and the middle parts of a goat, including a goat’s head, which breathed fire. In the great work of Hesiod, the “Theogony, ‘’ the beast is described as having three heads: one lion head, one goat head, and one snake head.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shortnose chimaeras belong to a very ancient group of cartilaginous fishes. They can be found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, often in deep water but occasionally near shore. A venom gland is associated with the dorsal spine; the venom is painful to humans but not particularly dangerous.