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Originally Posted by Kuruharan
Orcs are not animals. No matter what version of orcish existence you happen to subscribe to, some of them at least have something inside them (and I'm just speaking generically and not getting into all the classifications).
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Yes, but the way the incident are phrased gives the impression of malice aforethought on the part of the Petty-Dwarves.
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Orkish classification re - I subscribe to all of them together. But tools made by non-animal-orks (if
these only are capable of making them) are successfully used by animal-ones. Hence it may be concluded that living being with a tool attacking one does not necessarily need to be anything but 'twisted' kelvar.
Malice-aforethought re - I also do subscribe to 'collective authorship' and 'later recorded' character of elvish legends. It is not hard to imagine (all this thread is based on impressions and imaginations, ain't it?) [half realised] sense of guilt on the part of elvish recorders for this obviously big mistake, exaggerating (not necessarily consciously so) just a tiny bit elements of ambush 'long planned', when 'ambush' in question might have been 'I saw you half a minute before you saw me, so I have an advantage' type of tactics. Besides, when lone is attacked by many, even if it was an accident, from the lone's point of view it would be 'malice aforethought'
But main stress is on longevity of the hunting period. Since it is not defined whatsoever, and you yourself lean heavily on 'impressions' in your reasoning, let me lean on my own
impression that petty-dwarf hunting could not have possibly occurred more than couple of times at all. Even couple of times is enough to get dwarves offended (touchy folk, these), and no more is required to grasp that hunted are not merely twisted animals.
PS. And about chimps -
it seems they are capable of building tools, after all