fifth head owlet- wolf

Gwern Branwen · 10 Apr 2013, 14:22 · from 2013-April.txt.gz

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From: gwern at gwern.net (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:22:07 -0400
Subject: (urth) fifth head owlet- wolf
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
> As the Old Wise One remembers-  "We were mostly long, and lived in holes between the roots of trees".
>
> Could suggest a plant-like origin or perhaps fungi is a better analogy as this species leans toward the parasitic rather than primary producer niche.

It sounds much more like a maggot or worm origin to me.

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