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The monster had one, immortal head, which was protected by the other, deadly heads that grew around it. Second, the Hydra was immortal and had regenerative abilities. Even after the Hydra was slaughtered, its blood was used as a weapon that brought down many strong fighters.

Some men died simply from approaching the beastвЂ™s lair and smelling its poisonous blood and breath.

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This monster had powers that could easily send a hero to the underworld.ДЇirst, the HydraвЂ™s blood was full of super-toxic poison. ItвЂ™s no mistake that Hera chose the Hydra as one of HeracleвЂ™s Eleven Tasks. Only hunger or rage could draw the beast out of its lair otherwise, it was mindless and lazy. When the Hydra wasnвЂ™t filling its stomach with human flesh, it slumbered in a deep swamp cave (which was rumored to be one of the entrances to the underworld). It ravaged innocent villages around its home, Lake Lerna, devouring hundreds of victims. From birth, the goddess Hera trained the monster to attack and destroy anything that fell beneath its gaze. The Hydra had a nasty personality to match its horrid appearance. Some show the tail forking at the end into two or more small tails. Eventually, all those necks welded together into a fat tail, which trailed along the ground behind the monster. Not only was this swamp-dwelling monster larger than any known snake, it had somewhere between six and one hundred heads!Д®ach of the HydraвЂ™s heads was supported by a long neck, so the heads could coil around each other or fan out and attack challengers from every angle. The Hydra was literally multiple times more ferocious than its closest relative: the snake.

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