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Re: Thr33 Eyes
Posted By: WintermuteDate: 5/28/04 3:54 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Thr33 Eyes (goran)

: I think the third eye give them a good view of the position of objects in the
: y-axis. Look at soemthing across the room, can you tell on which height
: compared to your eyelevel it is? If we had a third eye, we'd probably
: laugh at the question, but now....it aint that easy, is it? For pfhor on
: the other hand....

: I have an idea that this might come in handy when you aim with an electric
: staff in the way pfhor does.

Seeing as how all the eyes are positioned on the front of the skull, we can assume they are carnivores.

However, their frail appearance makes me think they hunted in large numbers, or were possibly scavengers.

Think about this: Early phfor had brainpower to a degree, and most likely lived in significant numbers. Being physically frail, they would have to work together to overwhelm large prey. They would want lots of large prey in order to feed their larger numbers. I know that I would probably want an indepentendly movable third eye if I was often severly outmatched by a large, angry animal, so that I could keep my eye on it's dangerous parts while trying to decide where to jab my spear. That's my hunter angle.

As for scavengers, maybe the phfor would descend on a kill they find, keeping the third eye scanning the area in case whatever larger animal made the kill in the first place came back for seconds.

Just a thought.

And yes, I agree with the whole depth perception/y axis argument.

~W

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Thr33 EyesK-chi 5/27/04 10:54 a.m.
     Re: Thr33 EyesAdam Ashwell 5/27/04 10:59 a.m.
     Re: Thr33 EyesYossarian 5/27/04 11:35 a.m.
           beneath the mask...Anaphiel 5/27/04 12:08 p.m.
                 Re: beneath the mask...Wintermute 5/28/04 3:37 a.m.
                       Re: beneath the mask...•M 6/16/04 12:41 a.m.
                             Re: beneath the mask...ukimalefu 6/16/04 5:10 p.m.
                                   Speaking of masks, check out that Grunt! *NM*a disreputable source 6/17/04 6:53 a.m.
                 Re: beneath the mask...Forrest of B.org 5/28/04 7:49 a.m.
                       Re: beneath the mask...Ernie 5/28/04 12:34 p.m.
                             Re: beneath the mask...Forrest of B.org 5/28/04 1:00 p.m.
                                   Re: beneath the mask...Ernie 5/29/04 12:13 p.m.
           Re: Thr33 EyesAlfred Mordeir 5/28/04 7:57 a.m.
     Re: Thr33 EyesBob-B-Q 5/27/04 12:15 p.m.
           Re: Thr33 EyesC Lund 5/27/04 12:27 p.m.
                 Re: Thr33 EyesBob-B-Q 5/27/04 1:02 p.m.
                 Re: Thr33 EyesForrest of B.org 5/27/04 1:03 p.m.
                 Re: Thr33 Eyesgoran 5/27/04 2:54 p.m.
                       Stolen Tech and Retarded PfhorForrest of B.org 5/27/04 3:07 p.m.
                             Re: Stolen Tech and Retarded PfhorSteve Levinson 5/27/04 3:17 p.m.
                                   Re: Stolen Tech and Retarded PfhorForrest of B.org 5/27/04 3:52 p.m.
                                         Re: Stolen Tech and Retarded Pfhorukimalefu 5/27/04 7:43 p.m.
                                   Re: Stolen Tech and Retarded PfhorYossarian 5/27/04 6:07 p.m.
                                         Re: Stolen Tech and Retarded PfhorCheerful 5/27/04 8:49 p.m.
                                               Re: Stolen Tech and Retarded PfhorYossarian 5/27/04 9:22 p.m.
                       Re: Thr33 EyesBob-B-Q 5/27/04 3:56 p.m.
     Re: Thr33 EyesC Lund 5/27/04 12:31 p.m.
           Re: Thr33 EyesSteve Levinson 5/27/04 12:41 p.m.
                 Re: Thr33 EyesC Lund 5/31/04 11:22 a.m.
                       Re: Thr33 EyesForrest of B.org 5/31/04 11:48 a.m.
                             Re: Thr33 EyesC Lund 5/31/04 10:01 p.m.
           Re: Thr33 Eyes•M 5/27/04 12:43 p.m.
     Re: Thr33 Eyesgoran 5/27/04 3:00 p.m.
           Re: Thr33 EyesWintermute 5/28/04 3:54 a.m.
                 Re: Thr33 EyesSteve Levinson 5/28/04 1:22 p.m.
                       Re: Thr33 EyesWintermute 5/29/04 8:11 a.m.
     Re: se7en EyesAlfred Mordeir 5/28/04 8:00 a.m.
           Re: se7en Eyesdarakat 5/28/04 5:12 p.m.
                 Re: se7en EyesAndrew Nagy 11/17/04 5:57 p.m.
                       Re: se7en EyesK-chi 11/19/04 5:36 a.m.
                             Re: se7en Eyesukimalefu 11/19/04 7:24 a.m.
                                   Admiral *NM*Deathmonger 11/19/04 12:01 p.m.
                                         whatever... *NM*ukimalefu 11/21/04 7:32 a.m.
                             Re: se7en Eyesthermoplyae 11/19/04 11:32 a.m.

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