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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Sun May 03, 2009 6:05 pm

We have Sea Snake Nagas

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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Tue May 05, 2009 7:55 pm

what does "my pella" mean?
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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Tue May 05, 2009 7:56 pm

It means he has a sea naga called Pella.
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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Tue May 05, 2009 8:00 pm

oh. right. *smiles and nods*
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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Sat May 16, 2009 6:49 pm

I think there are one or two nagas that eat other, smaller nagas.
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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Sat May 16, 2009 7:02 pm

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I think there are one or two nagas that eat other, smaller nagas.

One or two isn't nearly enough.

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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Sat May 16, 2009 8:42 pm

Hmmm, well, I guess I should throw my own two bits in here.

What about Jacobson's Organ? I always wondered if other nagas have it. My prick-assed Raison does, and a forked tongue, and actively uses it when he actually goes hunting.

Also, the snake body. Realistically, Crisis and Vivian's and most other female nagas would find the boobs cumbersome, because it would tip their balance foreward and make it hard to move into whatever little space there is on Felarya. Humans have two legs to anchor themselves and spread the weight evenly, nagas have a tail that tapers. Not good when you have extra weight sticking out of your chest and gravity.
But that's just me, and I'm NOT a nineteen year old who is in college, a thirty year old, or anything else. This is just what I have gathered.

A short thing on the cold blooded thing, Raison literally is cold blooded, but he's got black(absorbs heat) 'hair' and scales and stays close to the part of the trees where sun filters through, and spends much of his time sun baking. Sure, it's not exactly good logic for something the size of him, but at the time I assumed it would work just slightly.
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PostSubject: Re: Downplaying the snake   Sun May 17, 2009 8:45 am

I guess I'll add my opinion on this as well...

My impression of much of the naga art I found on the internet is that of woman-in-a-sleeping-bag. That is only reinforced by the fact that people draw them with their genitals where their human half ends and where the snake half begins. That kinda tells me something, but I'll spare you... Rolling Eyes Still, it's no wonder most nagas are so short, the entire snake-portion IS the tail. I'm no snake expert, but I believe snakes don't move with their tails and sliding around magically isn't very realistic. The Wikipedia article on snakes shows at least five modes of locomotion. Also is it said that the stomach is in the human half? Yep, woman-in-a-sleeping-bag... Such a relatively tiny stomach... They'd have to eat constantly to sustain themselves.

Like I said, I'm no expert, so feel free to make a counter-argument. I'm not stopping you.

On the subject of mentioning snake-like qualities in our nagas, I'm having mine use the Jacobson's organ and forked tongues. The narrow bi-furcated tongues will obviously affect the way they speak and I don't mean simply extending their 's'-es. Their language would have different phonetics/sounds than our own. Not drastically different though. The Northern nagas would have heat pits to detect those precious sources of heat in the cold north. Note that I'm not talking about Felaryan nagas in this paragraph, but those of my own world. Embarassed This thread was a great inspiration though.
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