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# Leviathan
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## Facts
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The term "Leviathan" refers to a very large extinct animal mentioned in the earliest writings of the Old Testament.
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* Leviathan is described as a large creature, strong and fierce and able to make the water around him "boil". The descriptions of it are similar to that of a dinosaur.
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* Isaiah the prophet refers to Leviathan as "the gliding serpent".
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* Job writes from firsthand knowledge of Leviathan, so the animal was most likely alive during his lifetime.
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