----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:11 PM Subject: parrots > SKZB's comment on dinosaurs reminded me of a point I wanted to raise: > jhereg are smart and have two legs and two wings and sit on shoulders, > and are surely in some sense derived from parrots. Does anyone have a > collection of jhereg traits which are parrot-like? AFB but I have a > vague memory of Savn seeing Loiosh and Rocza bobbing their heads at him > in apparent laughter, which matches a vague impression I have of parrot > behavior. Ditto the ending of _J_. I don't know anything about parrot > ears and if they like to be scratched around that area. Anyway, it's > something to consider when interpreting things L&R do. > > > Yeah, all of our parrots bob their heads when they are excited or happy. They also like to see how much they can get away with- like Loiosh. warbi