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Are these similar to the [[Tharga|tharga]], with a less complicated nervous system? Compare and contrast. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 04:34, 17 April 2023 (UTC) | Are these similar to the [[Tharga|tharga]], with a less complicated nervous system? Compare and contrast. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 04:34, 17 April 2023 (UTC) | ||
:Perhaps, but I see it more as a riff on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' trope of "dire" animals: bigger and nastier versions of regular creatures, which get their adjective from the real-world [[wikipedia:Dire Wolf|dire wolf]]. Such creatures, no matter how small, are at least predators of some kind (there are dire weasels, for instance), so a dire yak is a bit of a stretch. Not enough description of thargas to know whether they resemble yaks; they always reminded me more of highland cows? -- [[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]] ([[User talk:Guybrush|talk]]) 03:11, 18 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
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Are these similar to the tharga, with a less complicated nervous system? Compare and contrast. --Old Dickens (talk) 04:34, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
- Perhaps, but I see it more as a riff on the Dungeons & Dragons trope of "dire" animals: bigger and nastier versions of regular creatures, which get their adjective from the real-world dire wolf. Such creatures, no matter how small, are at least predators of some kind (there are dire weasels, for instance), so a dire yak is a bit of a stretch. Not enough description of thargas to know whether they resemble yaks; they always reminded me more of highland cows? -- Guybrush (talk) 03:11, 18 April 2023 (UTC)