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Tirned Tinnu · 10-13-2002, 06:46 AM

Hmm... the reason why I said it was possibly like a Pterydactil and not an Archaeopteryx is because the description did not say "covered in feathers" or "partially feathered". Tolkien described something more like a flying reptile. Pterydactil is just that- a flying reptile. Archaeopteryx is too birdlike. (My brother was a dinosaur fan, that's why I remember these darn names.)
I do, however, think it could have been closer to a bat, in many ways - but then again, there was no fur spoken of either. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

[ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: Tirned Tinnu ]

10-13-2002, 06:46 AM	#9
Tirned Tinnu Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Patchogue NY Posts: 158	Hmm... the reason why I said it was possibly like a Pterydactil and not an Archaeopteryx is because the description did not say "covered in feathers" or "partially feathered". Tolkien described something more like a flying reptile. Pterydactil is just that- a flying reptile. Archaeopteryx is too birdlike. (My brother was a dinosaur fan, that's why I remember these darn names.) I do, however, think it could have been closer to a bat, in many ways - but then again, there was no fur spoken of either. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] [ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: Tirned Tinnu ] __________________ 'Perilous indeed,' said Aragorn, 'fair and perilous; but only evil need fear it, or those who bring some evil with them. Follow me!'