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[Antonin Scriabin]

> I tend to agree. Over and over the Inhumi are described as reptilian.
Then they end up mimicking
a mammalian mating ritual but reproducing like amphibians in the water.
What gives? I know Wolfe's
zoology is not so deficient.

If I remember correctly, the Inhumi are sort of snake-like, with bones that
can rearrange (some snakes have bones that can detach when swallowing large
prey, and others have freely moving ribs that aid with gliding)?  This
gives them (in part) their shape-shifting abilities.  They also change
their appearance through the use of cosmetics.  Anyways, there are a few
species of snake that give the appearance of blurring the line between the
mammalian and the reptilian ... garter snakes, for example, give birth to
live young (they are ovoviviparous, meaning their eggs hatch while still
inside the mother). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoviviparity>  This
doesn't mean anything in regards to Wolfe, necessarily, it just popped into
my head when you mentioned the strange reproductive behavior of the Inhumi
and their pseudo-reptilian nature.

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I tend to agree. Over and over the Inhumi are described as reptilian. Then
> they end up mimicking
> a mammalian mating ritual but reproducing like amphibians in the water.
> What gives? I know Wolfe's
> zoology is not so deficient.
>
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