I haven't read past the first page, so I apologize if this was brought up.
The largest eye we know of is that of the colossal squid, which measures 11-10 inches in diameter. This wasn't Alexander's animal, but I think it would be safe to say that "the size of a shield" was an exaggeration to express the size of whatever animal he saw. The eye of his creature is probably smaller than 10 inches in diameter, making for a terrible shield.
This question also illustrates the general thinking when dinosaurs are mentioned: they were all huge! Bigger than you could imagine! If dinosaurs did survive until the dawn of man, Alexander could have said "an eye the size of a pea, 'bout the size of a chicken, really", and he could have been talking about a dinosaur.
But, as Esq. said, there are other large animals, and some that meet the requirement of existing in Alexander's time. I'm sure you can think of a few with eyes smaller than 10 inches in diameter (hint: all of them). You'd be hard pressed, however, to find an animal with eyes as big as a useful shield.
The largest eye we know of is that of the colossal squid, which measures 11-10 inches in diameter. This wasn't Alexander's animal, but I think it would be safe to say that "the size of a shield" was an exaggeration to express the size of whatever animal he saw. The eye of his creature is probably smaller than 10 inches in diameter, making for a terrible shield.
This question also illustrates the general thinking when dinosaurs are mentioned: they were all huge! Bigger than you could imagine! If dinosaurs did survive until the dawn of man, Alexander could have said "an eye the size of a pea, 'bout the size of a chicken, really", and he could have been talking about a dinosaur.
But, as Esq. said, there are other large animals, and some that meet the requirement of existing in Alexander's time. I'm sure you can think of a few with eyes smaller than 10 inches in diameter (hint: all of them). You'd be hard pressed, however, to find an animal with eyes as big as a useful shield.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
