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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:21 am
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That seems the most plausible idea. Although... Why wouldn't they even try and explore the lands around them? I mean, we managed to reach australia from fucking papua new guinea* without even knowing how to write. Or Easter Island for that matters.
*edited, it wasn't madagascar
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:26 am
Yeah, I guess the island idea is kind of a cop out. Though, they could have gone through some form of island dwarfism, changing the distribution of energy in their bodies, leaving more for mental development. That's it, I'm calling dino-men confirmed. Somebody call the president of science.
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:33 am
(January 20, 2015 at 6:21 am)Lucanus Wrote: That seems the most plausible idea. Although... Why wouldn't they even try and explore the lands around them? I mean, we managed to reach australia from fucking papua new guinea* without even knowing how to write. Or Easter Island for that matters.
*edited, it wasn't madagascar
Yeah... although we only managed that more than 50000 years after we'd been around as a species, it sounds plausible that such a migration could occur. But maybe we as modern mammals are better suited for changing climatic conditions, and there were more severe biological limits on how well the raptor guys could adapt to different climates and food.
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:42 am
Yeah you're right. But we're getting to a degree of ridiculous specificity 
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:43 am
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I can't get around the childcare issue. These things don't have a very long plastic "toddler" brain period, yeah? I don't know enough about avian or reptilian development.
(January 20, 2015 at 6:42 am)Lucanus Wrote: Yeah you're right. But we're getting to a degree of ridiculous specificity
Hey, we're in too deep to start questioning how ridiculous this is now. Lol
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:44 am
(January 20, 2015 at 6:43 am)Exian Wrote: I can't get around the childcare issue. These things don't have a very long plastic "toddler" brain period, yeah? I don't know enough about avian or reptilian development.
On an unrelated note: imagine what would happen if octopi manage to live a bit longer and evolve childcare.
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:45 am
(January 20, 2015 at 6:44 am)Alex K Wrote: (January 20, 2015 at 6:43 am)Exian Wrote: I can't get around the childcare issue. These things don't have a very long plastic "toddler" brain period, yeah? I don't know enough about avian or reptilian development.
On an unrelated note: imagine what would happen if octopi manage to live a bit longer and evolve childcare.
I could imagine tentacle rape being a thing...
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Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:49 am
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Those damn things make me question everything. I can't read to much on them before I have to turn the lights on.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:53 am
(January 20, 2015 at 5:43 am)Lucanus Wrote: Most of the bipedal dinosaurs we know of were carnivorous and used their 'hands' mostly for their long sharp claws, which kept them from needing -let alone being able to- produce tools.
I think you're doing them a disservice here. They seem perfectly suited for all kinds of activities, even sports and recreation. I think they would beat me easily in any chosen sport.
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RE: Ancient Raptor Civilization
January 20, 2015 at 6:54 am
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So that's why they went extinct... makes sense.
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