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| Wyvern Talk | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 31 2016, 10:04 AM (317 Views) | |
| Victorbrine | Jan 31 2016, 10:04 AM Post #1 |
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How does a Wyvern impress a female Wyvern you may ask. Well... first off a Wyvern is different from a dragon: it is more "animal" like than the "sentient" dragon, it is more gentle, it is more competitive and sometimes likes belly rubs :3 A Wyvern also doesn't lay eggs (according to me... yeah), instead they give birth like most mammals and viviparous reptiles. A Wyvern has a belly button that can be clearly visible but unlike mammals (especially humans... I think), they don't have innie or inbetweenie navels but rather more outies (however some can have innies and in the rarest case inbetweenies). Like Dragons, A Wyvern's weak spot is the belly but the main and most weakest spot of its bidy is the navel. When two males want to impress a female, it ends up in... of course... a fight. A Wyvern is very strong until its navel has been pierced (no not belly buttons rings but really pierced), which will be quite painfull. Most Wyverns, unlike Dragons (according to me) lacks the organs that produce fire breathing so they rather do some real fight. When a Wyvern is put on its back, with its belly exposed, the other one finds a quick way to hurt the "weak" wyvern's navel. If a wyvern is beaten, the victor impresses the female and so the two can have mate. The one with the "destroyed" navel bares incredible pain, some wyverns die (due to blood loss). The way they impress their future mates are much like some other animals. |
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“There's a tree," Starflight said, jumping to his feet. "In the forest." "No way," Glory said. "A tree in the forest?” "Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire." -Voltaire "So if you wake up in the morning and it's a particularly beautiful day you'll know we made it." -Capa "One of those capsules hit a wing." Victor said. "Had to do an emergency landing." He pointed to a crumpled plane a couple dozen meters behind him and shrugged. "Not my most elegant landing." -me in Flisch's story "Spec Evo: Void Entry" (Act 3) "but by rule 34 of the multiverse, if it exists, there’s a world full of it." -Tet "I must ask you to leave now." -Everyone (not realy though) in Flisch's story "Spec Evo: Void Entry" Projects Status My Blog (SE Blog) Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBzYPIsLp0uHoPtT6ZEyww | |
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| Steampunk FireFinch | Jan 31 2016, 10:17 AM Post #2 |
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I don't believe sentient is the best word here. Maybe Sapient or more self aware. Why wouldn't they lay eggs? Wouldn't that hurt their ability to fly if they couldn't lay eggs? And why belly buttons? Eggs have yolk man, they don't need their parents nutrition either. (Except when forming the egg in the ovaries of the female) I don't mean to be rude, just saying. Edited by Steampunk FireFinch, Jan 31 2016, 10:25 AM.
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| Falchion | Jan 31 2016, 11:40 AM Post #3 |
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I respectfully disagree with regards to the "wyverns are not dragons" sentiment, since I personally believe that a dragon is a dragon whether it has two legs or four, and thus a wyvern would be a specific TYPE of dragon rather than a cousin of them. I don't intend to spark a debate regarding fantasy taxonomy, but that's how I feel personally. As for wyverns giving live birth and having navels, I can get behind the former to some extent but I doubt the latter would be possible for precisely the reasons that Steampunk mentioned. A navel in the biological sense is a scar from the removal of the umbilical cord, exclusive to placental mammals. However, a quick Google search on "reptile navels" has turned up a rather interesting tidbit:
[src] So yolk sac scars would theoretically be known for hatchling wyverns, but would only rarely show up as permanent marks in adults. Edited by Falchion, Jan 31 2016, 11:41 AM.
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| Sheather | Jan 31 2016, 11:42 AM Post #4 |
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I don't understand the context of these statements. |
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| Talenkauen | Feb 2 2016, 01:20 PM Post #5 |
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I don't think Victorbrine understands the principles of evolution very well..... Given that, and his blatant affinity for Minecraft (and an apparent unironic love for Jupiter Ascending), I have a feeling that he might be a little too young and naive to be on here....... Edited by Talenkauen, Feb 2 2016, 01:23 PM.
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| Steampunk FireFinch | Feb 2 2016, 01:34 PM Post #6 |
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I agree. I have seen some turtle hatchlings that still have their yolk scar. My turtle had a bulge on his belly the day I got him, he maybe had a yolk when he was even younger. (I only know this because of some pictures of my pet turtle) I don't mean to offend Victor, but yes he seems a bit too naive. He might fix them in future. (MIGHT. Not WILL. MIGHT.) I might work on something on wyverns that makes sounds more plausible than this. Not now, it'll be a free-time thing I moight do occassionally. (No offense) Edited by Steampunk FireFinch, Feb 2 2016, 01:35 PM.
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| Victorbrine | Feb 3 2016, 11:14 AM Post #7 |
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Well ok. I am young indeed (13, surprised?) but I still have an interest here. I love biology and especially speculative one. But that "naive" part is... well maybe. I consider wyverns as a different species from dragons actually. Then this viviparous vs oviparous (if I can even call like that) Also, Sea Dumpling, the reason I made a project on Minecraft is not because I love it. Because if I am the biggest fan of Minecraft I would be stuck on Planet Minecraft. Minecraft seems to be another universe that I wanna talk about. But it is the shortest projects of all the other ones. Then that "naive" part, and I am sincerely saying it out loud and with every truth, the statements kinda pierced like a meteor crashing on my heart (and brain, lungs, kidneys... anything?But I am naive in some parts!). The peoples that surround me sees me as an intelligent person. I am one and I'm sure of it but I also have many problems and even, a naive, egoist, stupid(?????) side. Well every human on Earth has some of those treats in some ways. If I am young (13) that doesn't mean I can't express or share things. Well in the speculative evolution, logic and science (in some parts) are very important. Again, I'm new and I'm just starting. I have A GIGANTIC AMOUNT OF THINGS that I must learn about especially here. I will try to fix the errors that I made. If it's not fixed, then it will be the specified object will be the way it is. Still I'll stay on this forum till any exterior things forces me to do so (war, parents, cats?). The younger a person is and indeed, the more naive he is. But I can assure you: many of my age are more oriented to Call of Duty or FIFA or any other of those things. I am not the only exception that is interested in an adult's things... For now I just need to interpret things in a more logical way and I now it. And I know that all of your replies have 0% of offenses. I'll still try to do my best. For now this is my maximum but... who knows what will happen in the future exactly? Edited by Victorbrine, Feb 3 2016, 11:15 AM.
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“There's a tree," Starflight said, jumping to his feet. "In the forest." "No way," Glory said. "A tree in the forest?” "Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire." -Voltaire "So if you wake up in the morning and it's a particularly beautiful day you'll know we made it." -Capa "One of those capsules hit a wing." Victor said. "Had to do an emergency landing." He pointed to a crumpled plane a couple dozen meters behind him and shrugged. "Not my most elegant landing." -me in Flisch's story "Spec Evo: Void Entry" (Act 3) "but by rule 34 of the multiverse, if it exists, there’s a world full of it." -Tet "I must ask you to leave now." -Everyone (not realy though) in Flisch's story "Spec Evo: Void Entry" Projects Status My Blog (SE Blog) Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBzYPIsLp0uHoPtT6ZEyww | |
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| Beetleboy | Feb 3 2016, 12:09 PM Post #8 |
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neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three
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I'm 13 too. Steampunk Firefinch is 14. There's nothing wrong with that.
It is just that those sort of projects are pretty daft and cringe-worthy. No offence.
I can't really tell if you're genuinely offended by this, since you're then being silly and joking about it. If it really has offended you, then I apologise on the behalf of the rest of us. We all try to give advice in our own ways, sometimes it just comes out a bit offensive (sometimes on purpose, other times accidentally).
No one said you couldn't. I'm the same age as you, and I'd say everyone here treats me the same as everybody else. It's all about showing some maturity and being sensible.
This is something I find often. I have very few friends because children dislike my love of nature, my 'strange' habit of keeping various stick insects, crabs, snails, and beetles around the house, and my strong dislike of video games. I did at one point have a friend which was quite different from me, but he was nice enough, until I realised that he was actually awful (mainly because he nearly blinded me with a bit of bark. Then said he'd accidentally thrown it at my eye at a distance of a metre.). |
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| Scrublord | Feb 3 2016, 01:56 PM Post #9 |
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We were all young and naive at one point. If we continue to limit this forum to a circle of elites, our knowledge will never be shared. |
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| Beetleboy | Feb 3 2016, 02:04 PM Post #10 |
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neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three
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Well said, Scrublord. |
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| GlarnBoudin | Feb 3 2016, 03:09 PM Post #11 |
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Disgusting Skin Fetishist
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OK, anyone can tell you that wyverns are just a type of dragon. Second, who said that all dragons are sapient? Does that mean that Toothless doesn't exist, then? Third, what's with this malarky about the navel? Why would it evolve to have that obvious weak point? What possible advantage could that have? And fourth, fire breathing is not a common trait for all dragons. Honestly, I'd say that breathing poisonous gas is a more common trait for dragons, but even that isn't a unifying characteristic. Nothing you have written here makes any sense, and quite frankly, has no real relevance here. |
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