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    A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/13/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Wasn't there some sort of bantha-like beast in the Stargate movie? Then there are the Landstriders from The Dark Crystal, and the coconuts from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, plus I'm sure there have been a few ridable beasts in the Futurama series. And does T'Nuk from Tripping the Rift count? Wait...scratch that last one...I'd rather walk.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    02/13/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Haha. Remember Mercedes Lackey's silly fantasty books, which basically brought My Little Pony to life with talking, mind-bonded telepathic horses? Which were occasionally pseudo-sexual in a super creepy way?
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    Image of Chiper Chiper
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Weren't some of the Dinitopia dinosaurs actually intelligent? Or was that just in the tv mini-series?
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    @Chiper: They're intelligent, equal citizens with the humans.
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    So out of that entire list, which one smells the worst and which one can we eat?
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    Image of braak braak
    02/12/09

    @bonniegrrl: Tauntauns. And...tauntauns.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    02/13/09

    @bonniegrrl: i've heard brontosaurus is like prime rib only bigger.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    The Hoots ride human beings in Carol Emshwiller's The Mount. A very original Earth-conquered-by-aliens story for the YA set.
    Here's Annalee's review: [io9.com]
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    How about Blaster?


    "Who run Bartertown?"

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Since we got more into fantasy than sci-fi with some of these, can we include the good ol' chocobo from the Final Fantasy series? They're about as well known as the tauntauns.
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    Image of Jay Randall Jay Randall
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Sleipnir has six legs, if I'm not mistaken.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/12/09

    @Jay Randall: Trust me he had eight, definitely eight.


    This may be the origin of the tradition of four men carrying a coffin, makes eight legs. Then again, it's probably the right amount of guys to carry a load that size & weight.

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    Image of Moff Moff
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Ostriches.


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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    In reply to A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
    Doesn't Pern have actual horses too?
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    Image of bluewyvern bluewyvern
    02/12/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the only other Earth creatures that came to Pern were dolphins (and that's because they were part of the crew).


    Wait, something's coming to me. I think they had "loadbeasts", and possibly something else that resembled a horse but went by a different name (riderbeasts?). But I don't remember them having six limbs, and all of Pern's indigenous creatures were six-limbed. Hmm.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/13/09

    @bluewyvern:
    Cows, sheep, goats, oxen, donkeys, horses (both draft and riding), cats, and dogs all made the trip in the form of embryos. Other animals (such as deer) were introduced, but didn't take. And all of the animals that did survive are known by largely non-familiar terms, like "herdbeast" or "runnerbeast".
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