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Catfish · 10-01-21, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

The combo Stego-Triceratops dinosaur: a gryf? It does indeed!

YES, we have a winner!
This species is being called a »GRYF« in Burroughs' "Tarzan the terrible" from 1921! The 8th book of the Tarzan stories and being different, certainly due to WW1 and its consequences.

"In the previous volume, the Lord of the Jungle discovered the burnt corpse of his wife, Jane, after a visit to his African home by german soldiers. (One suspects that Burroughs never did like Jane; this sort of thing happened to her a lot.)

In this volume, Tarzan learns that Jane was not murdered by the Germans but kidnaped - and sets off in pursuit. As the novel begins, Tarzan has spent two months tracking his mate to Pal-ul-don ("Land of Men"), a hidden valley in Zaire, where he finds a land dinosaurs and men even stranger -- humanoids with tails. Ta-den is a hairless, white-skinned, Ho-don warrior; O-mat is a hairy, black skinned, Waz-don, chief of the tribe of Kor-ul-ja. In this new world Tarzan becomes a captive -- but he impresses his captors so well that they name him Tarzan-Jad-Guru ("Tarzan the Terrible"). Meanwhile, a second visitor has come to Pal-ul-don -- wearing only a loin cloth and carrying an Enfield rifle along and a long knife. Pal-ul-don is where Jane is being held captive, of course. . . "

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Triceratops?

In a way yes, but as said before we needed the name this species is called in Burrough's tale

And after milions of years it has changed and adapted, grew bigger and became carnivorous. Only in the land of Pal-Ul-Don of course, and in fiction.
It also grew spikes on its back, which was especially misleading here (insert evil wink)

It's colours are exacty depicted by Burroughs, also that it had "no own smell, but could follow and hunt almost all other creatures" with perseverance, with its own "excellent sense of smell". It could kill almost all other creatures, but some people of Pal-Ul-Don had discovered a certain loud cry like "whee-ooo" while banging a stick against its collar shield, that would make the Gryf obey to the human..
The evil german was Jad-ben-Otho, a former german officer who became a high priest in this strange land when he lost contact to his regiment, and he had of course captured Jane. Some adventurous stories these were..

Over to Aktungbby, well deserved though others were close.. again Aktung was a beak ahead (probably related to his special relationship to this creature

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Same with me b.t.w.. as a boy I read the comic in the 1960ies in english; while i knew of Triceratops earlier. I wondered why they did not call it a Tric. in the book and comic, but of course the species had changed over millions of years and this was "dichterische Freiheit". They also had/have life-size models of the Tric. in Disneyland; all this and a general interest in earth's history was one of the reasons to later study geology/paleontology..

Aktungbby · 10-01-21, 01:22 PM

Fortunately I used to Burrough myself in Tarzan comics...when I wasn't reading My Ol' Shatterhand and Manitou novels by Karl May

Speaking of the 'warrior motif', what's this?

Jimbuna · 10-01-21, 01:31 PM

A plant?

Buddahaid · 10-01-21, 01:40 PM

A sticky bomb?

Catfish · 10-01-21, 04:02 PM

Seawater?

mapuc · 10-01-21, 04:06 PM

To me it looks like one of these seed capsule

Markus

Aktungbby · 10-01-21, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A plant?

good one partially; as shown in the photo.

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

A sticky bomb?

even worse...if ingested

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Seawater?

distantly related; but not integral to the matter at hand.

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Originally Posted by mapuc

To me it looks like one of these seed capsule

Markus

nope.

Jimbuna · 10-02-21, 07:31 AM

Found in dry/arid areas?

Aktungbby · 10-02-21, 09:25 AM

not particularly; tropical islands of the mid Pacific...some of which are likely to be inundated by global warming

Buddahaid · 10-02-21, 10:21 AM

EDIT: A fish helmet.

Jimbuna · 10-02-21, 11:11 AM

Aktungbby · 10-02-21, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Speaking of the 'warrior motif', what's this?

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

not particularly; tropical islands of the mid Pacific...some of which are likely to be inundated by global warming

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

EDIT: A fish helmet.

BINGO! Kiribati ceremonial combat armor with a blowfish helmet(lethal if consumed as ill prepared sushi); @ Jimbuna: the plant is the woven sennet-coconut fiber body armor worn with the helmet.

BUDDAHAID takes it!

Buddahaid · 10-02-21, 11:44 AM

What then does this brlong to?

Jimbuna · 10-02-21, 11:46 AM

A submersible?

Aktungbby · 10-02-21, 11:48 AM

on a tank?

10-01-21, 01:22 PM	#18767
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,886 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Fortunately I used to Burrough myself in Tarzan comics...when I wasn't reading My Ol' Shatterhand and Manitou novels by Karl May Speaking of the 'warrior motif', what's this? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

10-01-21, 01:31 PM	#18768
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A plant? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-01-21, 01:40 PM	#18769
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,561 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	A sticky bomb? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-01-21, 04:02 PM	#18770
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Seawater? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

10-01-21, 04:06 PM	#18771
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,922 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	To me it looks like one of these seed capsule Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

10-02-21, 07:31 AM	#18773
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Found in dry/arid areas? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-02-21, 09:25 AM	#18774
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,886 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	not particularly; tropical islands of the mid Pacific...some of which are likely to be inundated by global warming __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

10-02-21, 10:21 AM	#18775
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,561 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	EDIT: A fish helmet. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-02-21, 11:11 AM	#18776
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-02-21, 11:44 AM	#18778
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,561 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	What then does this brlong to? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-02-21, 11:46 AM	#18779
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A submersible? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-02-21, 11:48 AM	#18780
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,886 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	on a tank? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"