Tenegre and mystery knife...

Rick · 16th April 2005, 04:51 PM

Spunjer , those features start from the jaw line ; couldn't they also be interpreted as tusks (ala Boar) ?

Bill · 16th April 2005, 06:45 PM

a couple of things to concider, in the last hundred years hardwoods were stripped from these islands wiping out species. but new unknown species or ones thought to be extinct are also found. Mix that with lost superstitions & myths, I think some of these critters may be hard to guess & may have been copies of hilts going back a couple hundred years, more traditional than a likeness of a present critter. From what I have seen, there seems to be a lot more bats than birds, the bats do well in the palm trees, the birds likely suffered with the lack of hardwoods. With compition between bats, likely several species became extinct.

Spunjer · 16th April 2005, 09:01 PM

bill,
that's a good point. a lot of the species are extinct. although this bat might know something:

rick, as far as boar tusk; anything is possible. we are just speculating here, so i can't say whose wrong or right... good observation

16th April 2005, 04:51 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Spunjer , those features start from the jaw line ; couldn't they also be interpreted as tusks (ala Boar) ?

16th April 2005, 06:45 PM	#2
Bill Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago area Posts: 327	a couple of things to concider, in the last hundred years hardwoods were stripped from these islands wiping out species. but new unknown species or ones thought to be extinct are also found. Mix that with lost superstitions & myths, I think some of these critters may be hard to guess & may have been copies of hilts going back a couple hundred years, more traditional than a likeness of a present critter. From what I have seen, there seems to be a lot more bats than birds, the bats do well in the palm trees, the birds likely suffered with the lack of hardwoods. With compition between bats, likely several species became extinct.

16th April 2005, 09:01 PM	#3
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	bill, that's a good point. a lot of the species are extinct. although this bat might know something: rick, as far as boar tusk; anything is possible. we are just speculating here, so i can't say whose wrong or right... good observation