tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post7475619923839736096..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Villainous AnimalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-39557846229784057872019-10-12T02:51:59.363+08:002019-10-12T02:51:59.363+08:00Aw yeah, pigs and goats! Don't forget chickens...Aw yeah, pigs and goats! Don't forget chickens eat meat sometimes!Dragonsdoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308752843878120677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-83187564327502672942019-09-24T04:35:00.438+08:002019-09-24T04:35:00.438+08:00Haha. I think this can only be proved by experimen...Haha. I think this can only be proved by experiment. I'll see if I can track down a rubber spider.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88511971009575653232019-09-24T04:32:57.299+08:002019-09-24T04:32:57.299+08:00Rabbits will also kill stoats and weasels given th...Rabbits will also kill stoats and weasels given the chance. This was even on "Springwatch" once.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-16127809748956719692019-09-24T04:32:05.064+08:002019-09-24T04:32:05.064+08:00The Biblical explanation of sheep/goats makes more...The Biblical explanation of sheep/goats makes more sense to me. Bacchus and satyrs surely wouldn't have been relevant to the medieval Christian church, certainly not in Northern and Western Europe?noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-16208907645316654652019-09-24T04:30:42.830+08:002019-09-24T04:30:42.830+08:00Yep. I was reminded by this just last month stayin...Yep. I was reminded by this just last month staying at a working farm owned by friends who keep about 30 chickens free range on the property. Chickens are beaked compsognathuses basically.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-69017901706633053982019-09-24T04:29:20.889+08:002019-09-24T04:29:20.889+08:00Ha!Ha!noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-61234164301123006212019-09-19T23:24:01.537+08:002019-09-19T23:24:01.537+08:00What about rats and bats? They crawl or fly in the...What about rats and bats? They crawl or fly in the night, they screech, they eat your food or your blood, and they look like they are laughing at you while doing so.Enzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040144888171294476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-47418249457118071712019-09-17T11:10:54.896+08:002019-09-17T11:10:54.896+08:00No mention of Goats?
From Satyrs to depictions o...No mention of Goats? <br /><br />From Satyrs to depictions of the Devil, the Goat and Ram can be made out to appear pretty darn scary. In addition, though I personally find them adorable, goats can be a royal pain in the butt. They will eat literally anything, can leap all but the highest fences, and will randomly slam their little horned heads into people, buildings, and objects. <br /><br />Goats be crazy!Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-43910404565385532212019-09-16T23:42:04.872+08:002019-09-16T23:42:04.872+08:00I know nothing of the evil of chickens, but would ...I know nothing of the evil of chickens, but would like to learn!Ironsides2017https://www.blogger.com/profile/02355873084979214124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-79215242989845257152019-09-15T13:52:51.452+08:002019-09-15T13:52:51.452+08:00Another detail not provided, but as BigFella notes...Another detail not provided, but as BigFella notes, they were probably large tarantula-sized. That's actually a pretty common size for novelty rubber spiders.<br /><br />I think running over a turtle is a pretty vile thing to do, but given the prevalence of phobias, I'd imagine that a lot of the snake/spider killers really thought they were doing a civic duty.<br /><br />Also, running over small animals apparently a common "tradition" as old as motoring (a machine age equivalent to all the medieval "blood sports" like setting fire to cats, and such). I recall a passing reference to it in The Grapes of Wrath.Umbrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634806106155908828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-62832541369946945322019-09-14T21:54:04.261+08:002019-09-14T21:54:04.261+08:00I bet you could spot a tarantula on a lighter road...I bet you could spot a tarantula on a lighter road surface in bright sunlight. <br /><br />When I'm driving in western PA. during rainy nights in late spring I can see frogs and toads trying to cross the road. Of course they hop in a distinctive way and get lit up by headlights. But they're roughly tarantula sized. BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-50713304180481906162019-09-14T21:47:40.897+08:002019-09-14T21:47:40.897+08:00I also think the Biblical analogy of our heavenly ...I also think the Biblical analogy of our heavenly shepherd sorting the sheep from the goats, which at the time was meant to be an understandable metaphor for a predominantly herding culture, wherein the sheep were the "keepers" and the goats were the ones who were going to Hell kinda freighted an otherwise intelligent and personable animal with demonic connotations. BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-26806814025160617752019-09-14T21:39:21.859+08:002019-09-14T21:39:21.859+08:00@noisms
Hey, some stuff runs really deep. Like an...@noisms<br /><br />Hey, some stuff runs really deep. Like any software instincts build on older instincts, some of which will stay on as a legacy long after it's needed. <br /><br />Heck, the reason we as a species suffer from hiccups is 'cos of a gill clearing reflex that our particular evolutionary thread hasn't really needed since before the Devonian period. BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-92070507555635910952019-09-14T19:52:53.209+08:002019-09-14T19:52:53.209+08:00Also, if there's one thing art history has tau...Also, if there's one thing art history has taught me, if something could represent phallic imagery, at some point it was explicitly used as such. The horns indicate lust in both pagan and Christian symbolism, with different connotations. TheGumYouLikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556561330003076165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-24173482787725227522019-09-14T07:11:11.926+08:002019-09-14T07:11:11.926+08:00Woah, very cool. I knew deer will scavenge carrion...Woah, very cool. I knew deer will scavenge carrion, but had never heard that about rabbits.endonauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522081802809449081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-4000704819497574892019-09-14T06:31:20.216+08:002019-09-14T06:31:20.216+08:00Of course they are, chickens are non-extinct dinos...Of course they are, chickens are non-extinct dinosaurs.D-Skelectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667295178051816999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-10022070674769555222019-09-14T06:29:39.454+08:002019-09-14T06:29:39.454+08:00Little known fact: hares do scavenge dead meat. Little known fact: hares do scavenge dead meat. D-Skelectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667295178051816999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-83227319922571318892019-09-14T06:24:25.806+08:002019-09-14T06:24:25.806+08:00Oh that's an easy one. Rising Christian Church...Oh that's an easy one. Rising Christian Church wanted to bash on a popular pagan character: Bacchus/Satyr, for obvious reasons.D-Skelectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667295178051816999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-17121755342460750902019-09-14T06:02:01.750+08:002019-09-14T06:02:01.750+08:00Hippos are scary as fuck. IIRC they were pretty mu...Hippos are scary as fuck. IIRC they were pretty much the only animal that was able to successfully defend its territory from pre-modern humans.<br /><br />I mean snakes are scary snd all but people didn't go "fuck it, I'm not going to go farm that fertile farmland because snakes live there" but some fertile riverside areas went uninhabited by humans because they were full of terrifying hippos.Boshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908715118408289864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-29716325489234804292019-09-14T04:49:56.034+08:002019-09-14T04:49:56.034+08:00The Moa - basically giant chickens - are the stuff...The Moa - basically giant chickens - are the stuff of nightmares to anybody who knows what utterly and implacably evil bastards chickens are.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-43622270508253926912019-09-14T04:47:33.827+08:002019-09-14T04:47:33.827+08:00Those are good points.
The goat one is interestin...Those are good points.<br /><br />The goat one is interesting, because immediately one starts thinking of Satan. Why is the Devil goat-like? noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-90546107128243477792019-09-14T04:46:38.351+08:002019-09-14T04:46:38.351+08:00Hippos sort of look as though they are smiling bec...Hippos sort of look as though they are smiling because of the shape of their jaws. Notice it the next time you see footage of one. They inescapably strike us as benevolent. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13021912113338485552019-09-14T04:45:10.965+08:002019-09-14T04:45:10.965+08:00How big were the decoy spiders that people could e...How big were the decoy spiders that people could even notice them while driving???noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-47704469097141042752019-09-14T04:44:25.807+08:002019-09-14T04:44:25.807+08:00You are probably right about the snakes.
I love t...You are probably right about the snakes.<br /><br />I love the idea of the orc-rabbits and I am using sheep-monsters for my current project. There is something really sinister about sheep faces and particularly their eyes.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-18555432876682722252019-09-14T04:43:04.777+08:002019-09-14T04:43:04.777+08:00I know hyenas are not particularly closely related...I know hyenas are not particularly closely related to wolves but I feel as thought the occupy the same sort of "headspace", if you know what I mean.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.com