On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Mark A Mandel wrote: >On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, David Silberstein wrote: > ># - Does a yendi differ from a snake in any meaningful way (besides the >#name)? > >Does a garter snake differ from a cobra in any meaningful way? -- That >is, a yendi may be a particular species (or group of species) of >snake... among other possibilities. I was wondering if yendi had any special characteristics, such as human-level intelligence or psychic powers (like jhereg), or physical features not usually associated with snakes (like the wings of a tiassa) or behaviours not usually snakelike (like norska being bunny rabbits, but hey! they're carnivorous! And they eat dragons, even!)... Little things like that. That's what I'm wondering about. If for all practical purposes, they are reptiles with long, limbless, slithering bodies and a poisonous bite, and that's *all*, then yeah, I guess they're just snakes by another name (or a type of snake).