Reptiles [was Re: (no subject)]

Jerry Friedman · 07 Jan 2011, 02:57 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 18:57:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) Reptiles [was Re:  (no subject)]
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From: Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>

...

>And again I'd like to make the comparison to Inhumi. First we think they are 
>just
>vampires. A variation of a human being. Then we find they are scaly, clawed and
>reptilian in nature. But then, the big revelation at the end of RttW..they have
>external fertilization. So they are more primitive than reptiles. (maybe fish 
>even? heh@ Fomalhaut= Inhumi's Mouth).
...

I'm not going to try to check whether I've said this when you made similar 
statements--I'm just going to point out that it's not the inhumi's nature that's 
reptilian; it's their appearance.  They're nothing like Earth reptiles in their 
behavior.  And I see no discrepancy between reptilian appearance and external 
fertilization.  I see no reason evolution on Blue-Green should have gone the 
same way it did on Earth, no reason we have to adjust our ideas about them when 
we learn about their fertilization or even if they have some mysterious 
essential link to trees and vines.

Jerry Friedman

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