Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 15 | 96 | I had View more quotes about heard">heard of convergent evolution, as in a shape best fitted to negotiate an aquatic environment, examples of which might be the dolphin, the fish, the ichthyosaur, and such. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 15 | 93 | Still it was clearly a bird, or very birdlike. |
| 15 | 94 | It had talons, a beak, long and wicked, and mighty wings. |
| 15 | 95 | Too, it was crested. |
| 15 | 96 | I had heard of convergent evolution, as in a shape best fitted to negotiate an aquatic environment, examples of which might be the dolphin, the fish, the ichthyosaur, and such. |
| 15 | 97 | Too, consider eyes, and how widely spread they are amongst diverse life forms, insects, fish, mammals, birds, and such. |
| 15 | 98 | Considering the values of given shapes, certain appendages, diverse irritabilities, tactual, auditory, and visual sensors, and such, one would expect them to arise, sooner or later, on any world capable of sustaining complex life forms. |
| 15 | 99 | Accordingly, I supposed, evolution might provide a place on diverse worlds for birds, or birdlike creatures, creatures of keen eyesight, creatures which might attack, grasp, and tear, creatures not bound to the earth, creatures which might negotiate and traverse the very atmosphere itself. |
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Still it was clearly a bird, or very birdlike.
It had talons, a beak, long and wicked, and mighty wings.
Too, it was crested.
I had heard of convergent evolution, as in a shape best fitted to negotiate an aquatic environment, examples of which might be the dolphin, the fish, the ichthyosaur, and such.
Too, consider eyes, and how widely spread they are amongst diverse life forms, insects, fish, mammals, birds, and such.
Considering the values of given shapes, certain appendages, diverse irritabilities, tactual, auditory, and visual sensors, and such, one would expect them to arise, sooner or later, on any world capable of sustaining complex life forms.
Accordingly, I supposed, evolution might provide a place on diverse worlds for birds, or birdlike creatures, creatures of keen eyesight, creatures which might attack, grasp, and tear, creatures not bound to the earth, creatures which might negotiate and traverse the very atmosphere itself.
- (Smugglers of Gor)