ばか！バカ！　馬鹿ー月！

Koizumi's Mythical Animal

The Japanese text says "ツチノコ(槌の子）", which apparently means "Son of a hammer". My Sharp e-dictionary doesn't even have an English entry for it. The closest definition it gives is "a kind of mythical animal that's like a snake".

What's the Chinese text for it?

--Eleutheria 12:21, 14 May 2006 (PDT)

At first i thought you were talking about the Kirin, but after that description, are you sure it isn't the Tsuchinoko?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchinoko

The tsuchinoko (ツチノコ) is a mythical creature (or UMA) from Japan resembling a snake. The creature is also known as "bachi-hebi" in Northern Japan. References to the tsuchinoko legend can apparently be found in the Kojiki.

Edit: yep thats the right one, changed it now.

Thanks for the help. The Chinese text translated as "earth dragon", since "tsuchi" is "earth", so "tsuchinoko" can be interpreted as "son of the earth", but the Taiwanese translator probably thought "dragon" is a better description for a snake-like creature.