>On the other hand, most wild canines (wolves, foxes, jackals, wild dogs,
coyotes) are not regarded as food animals. Maybe the diet of domestic
dogs makes
them taste better.
I think the meat tastes the same; it's just that wild canids are almost always VERY thin. Not much meat on them. Domestic dogs - even those that just hang around villages and get kicked a lot - are often a bit meatier. Domestic canids are also easier to catch!
> I think John Hughes has finally given us good reasons why the FarPointers
hunt otters. They do it because they hate the
little buggers!
>Is this attitude general amongst Sartari and Orlanthi, or is this a local
prejudice in Far Point?
Well, it's not Orlanthi, but IMG, the Pelorian riverine-peasants who live along the Oslir, Joat, Arcos and Poralister rivers generally _like_ otters. Some tame them as fishing companions, (other use birds, like cormorants), some regard them as a totem-like animal. Otters have many enviable qualities; they are fast, hide well, play a lot, and good at catching fish. Quite the role-model for a riverine underclass. (ie - the people of "Frog Boy" in the RQ Down Under book.)
I think David Dunham had some otter hsuncheon, or at least a clan, in Ralios?
> intelligent wolverine would be a deadly threat to humans. Got any of those
up in the hills?
Joerg and I have already gone over this a bit ourselves. In the RW, wolverines are boreal animals - they live very far north. In Glorantha, they might live in N Pent, or maybe in isolated groups on the bigger mountains, like Wintertop. Maybe they're minions of Valind?
Pam
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