Re: dinosaurs

From: John R. Hutchinson <theropod_at_garnet.berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 09:50:23 -0800


>From: Sandy Petersen <sandyp_at_idgecko.idsoftware.com>
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 09:55:22 -0600
>Subject: Re: Dinosaurs, skullbushes
>>But then again, we're talking Glorantha; fantasy. So I too say why
>not have >feathered dinosaurs, or frolicking, agile, warm-blooded
>Praxian hunting >theropods, or chameleon-skinned Stinking Forest
>ambushers?
> Because in Glorantha, dinosaurs are the creatures of the
>Earth, and it is inappropriate for them to be bird-like. They should
>either be draconic or reptilian.

Okay, I basicaly agree. I do think you'd see some major physical differences between the intelligent, mutant "dino-newts" [like the carnivorous Triceratops -- walking on two legs? Fangs and claws? Dino features (a la chaos features]? and the slow, brutish Gazzams/Earth Shakers. I think the dinosaurs in the Slarge lands would also have some unique features bred into them / magically cultivated by their masters.

                        John R. Hutchinson
                  Evolving Evolutionary Biologist
                 Department of Integrative Biology
                  3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
                University of California - Berkeley
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