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« Reply #100 on: August 05, 2008, 04:20:33 AM » |
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Soooo .... Dragons are reptiles or not ? (kidding  ) (Still I haven't understood anything from what Squirelloid said ) I'm not sure if its worth actually trying to explain. Dragons are Archosaurs. Archosaurs are a group which also include crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds. That's the bottom line. |
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« Reply #101 on: August 05, 2008, 04:21:03 AM » |
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I decided to duck when the scientific debate started raging. My personal area(s) of academical interest are social behavior, law and communication -- all of this biology is just flying way over my head. Which is also why I find the dirty jokes about getting it on with a dragon a lot more amusing than trying to determine if they're reptiles, descended from birds or the result of Bahamut's sneeze after a hangover. (Nope! It doesn't really have to do with the fact I'm a perverted jerk.  ) |
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« Reply #102 on: August 05, 2008, 06:27:33 AM » |
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If we apply biology to some of the other fantasy races things get twitchy pretty quick. Catfolk for example... "Is that thing BARBED?  ? WHy is it barbed?? IS it supposed to be like that? You want me to what??? Um..I'm..a ..nun..of ST.Cuthbert....yeah...vow of celibacy...sorry.." |
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« Reply #103 on: August 05, 2008, 07:32:55 AM » |
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Um, felines do not have very prominent barbs. It's not like there's razor blades on the thing. Really, studs would be a better word for it. Now if it were a hydrid werewolf trying to get her to take the knot, you might be onto something. |
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« Reply #104 on: August 05, 2008, 07:48:18 AM » |
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« Reply #105 on: August 06, 2008, 05:26:26 AM » |
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Um, felines do not have very prominent barbs. It's not like there's razor blades on the thing. Really, studs would be a better word for it. Now if it were a hydrid werewolf trying to get her to take the knot, you might be onto something. Yeah but the whole barb idea has worked its way into pop culture and its fun to mock |
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« Reply #106 on: August 06, 2008, 06:37:23 AM » |
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Um, felines do not have very prominent barbs. It's not like there's razor blades on the thing. Really, studs would be a better word for it. Now if it were a hydrid werewolf trying to get her to take the knot, you might be onto something. Yeah but the whole barb idea has worked its way into pop culture and its fun to mock So says the cat. |
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« Reply #107 on: August 07, 2008, 06:42:26 AM » |
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From the same book of course you have the Equiceph and Thaskor:
"We're gonna need a few scrolls of Enlarge Person and some Cure Embarassing Wounds Potions..."
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« Reply #108 on: August 07, 2008, 12:58:39 PM » |
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"We're gonna need a few scrolls of Enlarge Person and some Cure Embarassing Wounds Potions..." I'm assuming Cure Embarassing Wounds doesn't work for really hard kicks to the balls? |
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AfterCrescent
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« Reply #109 on: August 07, 2008, 01:16:36 PM » |
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Nothing works for that. |
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« Reply #110 on: August 08, 2008, 12:24:01 AM » |
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I am pretty lost on any specifics of biology, or any other scientific thingy where looking it up on wikipedia doesn't get me the answer. However, I'd say that the fact that in a stock 3.5 setting half-(almost anything)'s actually exist says that evolutionary biology and just plain biology can just go fuck each other. You'd probably even get a half-evolutionary biology out of the pairing.
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Feylin
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« Reply #111 on: August 08, 2008, 01:08:18 AM » |
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« Reply #112 on: August 19, 2008, 01:08:11 AM » |
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Banor-- seriously, go ahead and look it up. "Clade" and "cladistics" are good places to start. as are "phyletic" and "paraphyletic" groups.
This was all covered in my required freshman bio class over like one lecture, so I'm sure you could pick it up pretty fast.
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