From: Klyfix@aol.com
Date: Thu 14 Aug 1997 - 10:40:10 EEST
I said....
>> Some RW birds, like pigeons, feed their young with bodily
>secretions.
>>While RW ducks don't (I think?) it isn't terribly absurd for Gloranthan
>ones
>>to do so. And their Man Rune is also the Woman Rune I would think, so
>yeah,
>>female ducks have mammaries.
>Mammaries are, unless I completely failed my linguistics AND physiology
>rolls, a feature of MAMMALS.
Well, duh. :)
>Ducks are not mammals, they are bird-men.
Oh? If they're birds cursed with a man-form yes, but if they're men
cursed with bird-form they're mammals. Or maybe the species in Glorantha
don't follow Earth style taxonomy, and they could well be mixed.
More game-fun seriously, the argument for duck females with breasts
pretty much would be that in the comic/cartoon inspiration for ducks, females
have breasts. As do most part-humans in comics and SF and fantasy, for that
matter.
Upon reflection, I think that duck females shouldn't have mammaries,
however. Doesn't feel right. I'd rather get away from the "ducks are little
caricature humans and a joke" model. And ducks don't have teeth and cigars
either, nyah. :)
V.S. Greene : klyfix@aol.com : Boston, near Arkham...
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