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A side-effect of a dodgy memory
A side-effect of a dodgy memory
Sep
.
21st
,
2009
11:36 am
james_davis_nicoll
I keep re-discovering entelodonts AKA "Hell Pigs", a pig-like apex predator that went extinct about 16 million years ago.
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Win.
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2009-09-21 04:02 pm (UTC)
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If they keep showing up in your back yard, you may be in a Simak novel. Check for an unusually friendly dog and a telepathic arboreal alien.
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2009-09-21 05:39 pm (UTC)
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And robots!
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2009-09-22 04:39 pm (UTC)
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Under the cushions or on the bed, probably a William Hope Hodgson story - man had a problem about pigs...
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2009-09-21 05:38 pm (UTC)
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With most people I've not had that reaction, but, well, if it was possible to find a hell-pig in one's sofa at all, James would be the person I'd vote for "Most Likely To".
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2009-09-21 06:44 pm (UTC)
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In fact, it would seem nigh-inevitable.
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