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Thank you very much for your opinion! I love theorising about such things ^^
The long tail is a good point. For some reason I didn't think about bipedal dinosaurs there. But you're right, they could be pretty similar to Stryxes. Also stryx have these extra feathers on the tailtip. These would also be much more useful for balancing, instead of like... using the tail as a weapon while fighting, which was my previous thought.
But now I wonder how those poor tailless stryxes can hold their balance without the extra tail support xD
It's also a really cool idea that they could use their wing fingers for climbing and holding onto vertical surfaces. I never thought about this, but I like it a lot ^^
I also fully agree with you about mammalian stryxes.
Thanks again! These are some really great ideas!
The long tail is a good point. For some reason I didn't think about bipedal dinosaurs there. But you're right, they could be pretty similar to Stryxes. Also stryx have these extra feathers on the tailtip. These would also be much more useful for balancing, instead of like... using the tail as a weapon while fighting, which was my previous thought.
But now I wonder how those poor tailless stryxes can hold their balance without the extra tail support xD
It's also a really cool idea that they could use their wing fingers for climbing and holding onto vertical surfaces. I never thought about this, but I like it a lot ^^
I also fully agree with you about mammalian stryxes.
Thanks again! These are some really great ideas!
Comment ID 98956
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I love theorizing too ^^ I think tailless stryx would be a good example of the balance no longer being there and forcing them to be quadrupedal, likewise, they may just adapt as birds have and have their knees as pivot points instead of their pelvis. Using their knees allows their center of gravity to be more within the center of the body instead of at the end of the body balancing with the center of gravity at the pelvis causing topheaviness. Don't get me wrong I'm sure they can probably use it as a weapon, especially with spiked armor, but I believe battle is what the evolution of breaths was for with tails being for balance. Feel free to use my headcanons though! I think about it often as I started college as a bio major XD
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