do hobbits have hobbit-sized pets? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 04-07-2002, 10:07 PM

Hmmm...if you really want to get out there, you could always point out that since the Third Age takes place approximately 7,000 years ago, the animals then wouldn't have been quite the same as now. Didn't some animals evolve to grown larger? I'm no biologist, but I believe that certain kinds of horses actually began quite small, almost dog-sized, and only became larger later on. So maybe the same is true for the hobbit's dog - that species only became large later on.

04-07-2002, 10:07 PM	#7
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Hmmm...if you really want to get out there, you could always point out that since the Third Age takes place approximately 7,000 years ago, the animals then wouldn't have been quite the same as now. Didn't some animals evolve to grown larger? I'm no biologist, but I believe that certain kinds of horses actually began quite small, almost dog-sized, and only became larger later on. So maybe the same is true for the hobbit's dog - that species only became large later on. __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.

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