Plot twists that WON'T happen

jchilds wrote:
Treecats snorting lines of celery salt?

By the way. I have always wondered if animals are left-handed and right-handed as humans.

If so how would that work with treecats?

Could you help me out roseandheather?

What's another dozen roses atop my bill?

cthia wrote:

jchilds wrote:
Treecats snorting lines of celery salt?

By the way. I have always wondered if animals are left-handed and right-handed as humans.

If so how would that work with treecats?

Could you help me out roseandheather?

What's another dozen roses atop my bill?

I know for a fact horses are - and we know this because it matters in the show ring. It's probably similar for other quadrupeds, but it doesn't matter very much because unlike horses, we don't need them to lead with a particular foot. But yes, it's entirely possible - in fact, probable - that when a cat takes off running they always lead with the same forepaw. I'm guessing the same happens with treecats.

roseandheather wrote:
I know for a fact horses are - and we know this because it matters in the show ring. It's probably similar for other quadrupeds, but it doesn't matter very much because unlike horses, we don't need them to lead with a particular foot. But yes, it's entirely possible - in fact, probable - that when a cat takes off running they always lead with the same forepaw. I'm guessing the same happens with treecats.

Thanks for that! Always wondered.

Honor recruiting baseball players from San Martin.
Talk about players on steroids?!

Can we say Casey At The Bat?

This assumes the treecat brain has two lobes with each lobe having greater influence over one half the body. This might not be true.

We know Nimitz's mind voice resided in nodes away from his primary cortex. Does this mean his other cognative/physiological functions also work under a distributed processing structure? Perhaps. Perhaps that's how such a small creature as treecsts developed intelligence.

In any case the differences in neuroanatomy might negate left/right side dominance.

roseandheather wrote:
I know for a fact horses are - and we know this because it matters in the show ring. It's probably similar for other quadrupeds, but it doesn't matter very much because unlike horses, we don't need them to lead with a particular foot. But yes, it's entirely possible - in fact, probable - that when a cat takes off running they always lead with the same forepaw. I'm guessing the same happens with treecats.

roseandheather wrote:

KNick wrote:While there are only a limited number of 'cats in a clan, we have no idea how many clans there are. At some point a xeno-vet and an engineer are going to have to get together to design 'cat usable equipment. The vet is then going to have to teach at least one memory singer how to use it and understand the results. She will then be able to train other 'cats to use it. Even if it is only to the point of figuring out "This we can take care of, but this needs a doctor" level medicine. Also, now that 'cats are interacting more regularly with human, there is going to be a need for at least one specialist doctor for research and the "Oh My God" cases.

I believe Mission of Honor puts the figure at about 1.2 million. Treecats, that is, not clans.

Please move the decimal the population of Treecats in MoH and HoS is stated at twelve million. I figure that at the time of there discovery an average clan was about 4-500 'cats but with farming and inadvertent help from humans, the number is probably around 1000 'cats.

cthia wrote:

By the way. I have always wondered if animals are left-handed and right-handed as humans.

If so how would that work with treecats?

Could you help me out roseandheather?

What's another dozen roses atop my bill?

I know that dogs are either left pawed or right pawed. I saw this on a tv program about dogs. Dogs prefer either their left front paw or their right front paw to lead off on when walking or running or playing.
I think that treecats would also be left or right handed.

Some bright sparks who enjoy taking risks notice that treecats look like "teeny ,tiny hexapumas.These people adopt a rather dangerous hobby. They decide that they would like a big friend.These people go out into the forest to see if they can be adopted by a hexapuma. They sometimes get adopted by a hexapuma but have problems with the adoption bond because of the hexapuma's difficulty in distinguishing between their friends and lunch.Humans who get adopted by tend not to live long lives.


Treecats are described as looking like "teeny, tiny hexapumas in " A Beautiful friendship"

The Alignment keeps trying to get their hands on a live Treecat. One very inventive approach through 3rd parties and some creative people comes to the attention of ONI which then has a quiet conversation with Sphinx Forestry Service. Many months later ---with monumental fees and bribes being paid out through various intermediaries and companies to for the transport, special handling and all the usual unusual expenses of doing something deeply “Black”--- the cargo container and its current set of minders arrive at Darius. There are a few reports of “problems” on the very roundabout journey but the creature is apparently healthy and nobody pays any particuarl attention to what is cleary an unhappy cat. Given what information the Alignment has, some damage to meddlesome humans is not unusual.
No expense has been spared to give this specimen a match to Sphinx conditions including it’s gravity.
Scientists and other observers are gathered and are present when the Treecat is transferred from the shipping container to the new environment.

One little problem with the hexapidial filine from Sphinx……
it a Hexapuma with an exceedingly bad temper even for its species.

The next scene makes the Raptor transfer mishap in “Jurassic Park” look like someone stubbed a toe.

The Alignment keeps trying to get their hands on a live Treecat. One very inventive approach through 3rd parties and some creative people comes to the attention of ONI which then has a quiet conversation with Sphinx Forestry Service. Many months later ---with monumental fees and bribes being paid out through various intermediaries and companies to for the transport, special handling and all the usual unusual expenses of doing something deeply “Black”--- the cargo container and its current set of minders arrive at Darius. There are a few reports of “problems” on the very roundabout journey but the creature is apparently healthy and nobody pays any particuarl attention to what is cleary an unhappy cat. Given what information the Alignment has, some damage to meddlesome humans is not unusual.
No expense has been spared to give this specimen a match to Sphinx conditions including it’s gravity.
Scientists and other observers are gathered and are present when the Treecat is transferred from the shipping container to the new environment.

One little problem with the hexapidial filine from Sphinx……
it a Hexapuma with an exceedingly bad temper even for its species.

The next scene makes the Raptor transfer mishap in “Jurassic Park” look like someone stubbed a toe.