Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 94 | It had talons, a beak, View more quotes about long">long and wicked, and mighty wings. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 15 | 97 | Too, consider eyes, and how widely spread they are amongst diverse life forms, insects, fish, mammals, birds, and such. |
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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.
Too, consider eyes, and how widely spread they are amongst diverse life forms, insects, fish, mammals, birds, and such.
- (Smugglers of Gor)