Alynxes

From: Carl Fink <carlf_at_panix.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 20:32:31 -0500


I'm sure I'm missing something here. Why is everyone assuming that alynxes have *exactly* the behavior of a real lynx?

They're fictional felines. Why not make them more like small lions, social and cooperative hunters?

Real cats are more variable than one might think -- ordinary house cats have been known to hunt in pairs, and I've heard reports of packs.

For that matter, even the normally solitary and vicious leopards have been trained to hunt for humans, in Ethiopia.

Er, that's "hunt on behalf of humans" above, not "hunt for humans and then eat them."

If I had more free time now, I'd do a myth about Yinkin's Bounds Marking, and the Rune spell his devotees get, to scent mark their lands.
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