Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 93 | Still it was View more quotes about clearly">clearly a bird, or very birdlike. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 90 | Perhaps it had arisen on some larger world, perhaps a much larger world, a world on which evolution might select for such massive size and power. |
| 15 | 91 | In this sense, I did not know if such a monster were well thought of as a bird, or not. |
| 15 | 92 | It was, as far as I could tell, a form of life alien to both the Earth and Gor. |
| 15 | 93 | Still it was clearly a bird, or very birdlike. |
| 15 | 94 | It had talons, a beak, long and wicked, and mighty wings. |
| 15 | 95 | Too, it was crested. |
| 15 | 96 | I had heard of convergent evolution, as in a shape best fitted to negotiate an aquatic environment, examples of which might be the dolphin, the fish, the ichthyosaur, and such. |
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Perhaps it had arisen on some larger world, perhaps a much larger world, a world on which evolution might select for such massive size and power.
In this sense, I did not know if such a monster were well thought of as a bird, or not.
It was, as far as I could tell, a form of life alien to both the Earth and Gor.
Still it was clearly a bird, or very birdlike.
It had talons, a beak, long and wicked, and mighty wings.
Too, it was crested.
I had heard of convergent evolution, as in a shape best fitted to negotiate an aquatic environment, examples of which might be the dolphin, the fish, the ichthyosaur, and such.
- (Smugglers of Gor)