dog ape
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 07 Dec 2010
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Andrew Mason — 07 Dec 2010, 22:24

> Lee Berman wrote:

> > Andrew Mason: It isn't just that it can make human vocalisations; it clearly means what it says
> > (as does Oreb). Both seem to have an intelligence which is sub-human but very real.

> I don't remember the cynocephalus making any noise. It just seems to look in on Severian then
> leave. There are revelations about Oreb at the end of RttWhorl which do involve the limits on
> its intelligence, I think

Sorry, I was too condensed;  no, the cynocephalus doesn't speak. Jane
said a dog-headed ape was more surprising than an ape that can speak
(the catachrest), and that's what I was commenting on.

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