there are hundreds of animal paintings there. at least 13 different species, including those which have rarely or never been found in other ice age paintings are represented. in addition to commonly hunted animals: horses, cattle, reindeer, etc.. the walls of the chauvet cave are covered with predatory animals: lions, panthers, bears, owls, rhinos and hyenas. typical of most cave art, there are no paintings of complete human figures, although there is one possible, partial "venus" figure that may represent the legs and genitals of a woman. a peculiar figure appears to have the lower body of a woman with the upper body of a bison. there are a few panels of red ochre hand prints and hand stencils made by spitting pigment over hands pressed against the cave surface. abstract markings—lines and dots—are throughout the cave. there are also two unidentifiable images that have a vaguely butterfly shape to them. this combination of subjects has led experts in pre-historic art and cultures to believe that there was likely a ritualistic, shamanistic, or magical aspect to these paintings.