Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians - A Meeting of Minds

CuriousFlit · Apr 25 2015, 06:53 PM

Does anybody know what they are? Furbeasts and Avians are obviously imported from Earth, but does anyone know which species they are? Whersports aren't firelizards or whers, but look a little like them. They're bigger than fire lizards, but much smaller than whers... An offshoot maybe? Deep Ones... Are those Pern's version of whales, maybe?

Brenda · Apr 27 2015, 02:30 PM

It's actually a bit surprising that there aren't more branches of the firelizard/whersport family tree.

Are "furbeasts" mentioned as such by name?

Lily · Apr 27 2015, 04:49 PM

"furbeasts" ????

Kath · Apr 29 2015, 04:07 AM

I'm guessing the deep ones are some relative of the six-limbed fossils that the survey teams flagged up as the ancestor of wherries and flits. I toyed with the idea in Regicide - a weird, rare deep ocean crypto-whale that only surfaces once in a blue moon and steers clear of the coast, the sort of thing fisherfolk would only see as corpses every now and then, or on extended open ocean crossings. Sheer speculation, really, because they only get the single passing mention in the books.

CuriousFlit · Apr 29 2015, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lily

"furbeasts" ????

They're mentioned in Dragon's Fire, and it's the only place I've found them so far, but I'm still looking. Interesting to see that some of the imported pigs got loose and became wild boar though...

https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl...rbeast&f=false

Lily · Apr 29 2015, 06:26 PM

Oh, thank you, that'll be Todd's Pern then. Afraid I can't read them.

Brenda · Apr 30 2015, 06:27 PM

Same here

CuriousFlit · May 30 2015, 07:23 PM

Ok, so we know that Pern has native "birds" and that the colonists brought farmyard birds with them (chickens, geese, ducks, etc.), but what I'm trying to figure out is if the Pernese domesticated native Pern "avians" or if that's just what they call chickens now.

We know wherries were domesticated (right?), but those are actually called by name.

In "Skies of Pern", avians are mentioned several times. Once that they sing shrilly, again that holds keep them for eggs, and another time served as food cut into "quarters". So does that make the singing ones Pernese "birds" and the food ones chickens? What do you guys think?

https://books.google.com/books?id=la...avians&f=false

Apr 25 2015, 06:53 PM	#1
CuriousFlit Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: U.S.A. Fan of: Dragonriders of Pern	Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians Does anybody know what they are? Furbeasts and Avians are obviously imported from Earth, but does anyone know which species they are? Whersports aren't firelizards or whers, but look a little like them. They're bigger than fire lizards, but much smaller than whers... An offshoot maybe? Deep Ones... Are those Pern's version of whales, maybe?

Apr 27 2015, 02:30 PM	#2
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis	Re: Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians It's actually a bit surprising that there aren't more branches of the firelizard/whersport family tree. Are "furbeasts" mentioned as such by name? __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

Apr 27 2015, 04:49 PM	#3
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand	Re: Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians "furbeasts" ???? __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Apr 29 2015, 04:07 AM	#4
Kath Starsmith Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oop North Fan of: Moreta	Re: Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians I'm guessing the deep ones are some relative of the six-limbed fossils that the survey teams flagged up as the ancestor of wherries and flits. I toyed with the idea in Regicide - a weird, rare deep ocean crypto-whale that only surfaces once in a blue moon and steers clear of the coast, the sort of thing fisherfolk would only see as corpses every now and then, or on extended open ocean crossings. Sheer speculation, really, because they only get the single passing mention in the books.

Apr 29 2015, 06:26 PM	#6
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Wellywood, New Zealand	Re: Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians Oh, thank you, that'll be Todd's Pern then. Afraid I can't read them. __________________ Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich

Apr 30 2015, 06:27 PM	#7
Brenda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis	Re: Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians Same here __________________ . Check out my Pern fiction! Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs

May 30 2015, 07:23 PM	#8
CuriousFlit Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: U.S.A. Fan of: Dragonriders of Pern	Re: Furbeasts, Deep Ones, Whersports, & Avians Ok, so we know that Pern has native "birds" and that the colonists brought farmyard birds with them (chickens, geese, ducks, etc.), but what I'm trying to figure out is if the Pernese domesticated native Pern "avians" or if that's just what they call chickens now. We know wherries were domesticated (right?), but those are actually called by name. In "Skies of Pern", avians are mentioned several times. Once that they sing shrilly, again that holds keep them for eggs, and another time served as food cut into "quarters". So does that make the singing ones Pernese "birds" and the food ones chickens? What do you guys think? https://books.google.com/books?id=la...avians&f=false