Do the Kittani knuckle-walk?

Braden Campbell · Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:39 pm

Well, do they? The books never say for sure, just that they have 6 fingers.

But if they are decended from intelligent apes, could they not, if felt good, walk like silverback Apes?

Josh Sinsapaugh · Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:52 pm

I'd say no.

They are much to sophisticated to drag their knuckles.

Furthermore, knuckle dragging is a characteristic of Earth apes...for all we know, an alien ape equivalent wouldn't drag its knuckles.

The Kittani are a highly evolved ape right? Well so are we....yet we don't drag our knuckles (well, most of us don't

). Same difference.

Just my two cents.

~ Josh

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:57 pm

Plus their PAs also suggest otherwise (Manling, Serpent, Equestrian).

Earth primates walk on their knuckles, because of their
relatively long arms. Yet, some fossils suggest, that there
were humaniods on our planet, which (or who) walked
upright, and yet had body hair and ape-like face...

Adios
KLM

cornholioprime · Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:03 pm

KLM wrote:Plus their PAs also suggest otherwise (Manling, Serpent, Equestrian).

Earth primates walk on their knuckles, because of their
relatively long arms. Yet, some fossils suggest, that there
were humaniods on our planet, which (or who) walked
upright, and yet had body hair and ape-like face...

Adios
KLM

I know!! I know!!!!

Those were pictures of Josh Sinsapaugh, when he had more facial Hair then he does now!!!

****Ducks projectiles hurled by Josh, and sincerely hopes that Josh only takes this as good-natured kidding***

Josh Sinsapaugh · Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:10 pm

cornholioprime wrote:
KLM wrote:Plus their PAs also suggest otherwise (Manling, Serpent, Equestrian).

Earth primates walk on their knuckles, because of their
relatively long arms. Yet, some fossils suggest, that there
were humaniods on our planet, which (or who) walked
upright, and yet had body hair and ape-like face...

Adios
KLM
I know!! I know!!!!

Those were pictures of Josh Sinsapaugh, when he had more facial Hair then he does now!!!

****Ducks projectiles hurled by Josh, and sincerely hopes that Josh only takes this as good-natured kidding***

Dude, you didn't even need that disclaimer, I would have known you were only doing a "good-natured kidding"

On a side note: I've been letting my facial hair grown out again...if it gets any longer people will be calling me Ayatollah Josh.

~ Josh

cornholioprime · Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:13 pm

Josh Sinsapaugh wrote:
cornholioprime wrote:
KLM wrote:Plus their PAs also suggest otherwise (Manling, Serpent, Equestrian).

Earth primates walk on their knuckles, because of their
relatively long arms. Yet, some fossils suggest, that there
were humaniods on our planet, which (or who) walked
upright, and yet had body hair and ape-like face...

Adios
KLM
I know!! I know!!!!

Those were pictures of Josh Sinsapaugh, when he had more facial Hair then he does now!!!

****Ducks projectiles hurled by Josh, and sincerely hopes that Josh only takes this as good-natured kidding***

Dude, you didn't even need that disclaimer, I would have known you were only doing a "good-natured kidding"

On a side note: I've been letting my facial hair grown out again...if it gets any longer people will be calling me Ayatollah Josh.

~ Josh

There is always the "Amish Josh" Option......

Braden Campbell · Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:45 pm

I guess they don't: the power armour design is pretty telling.

Still, it would be cool if they did... you know, just to make then aliens, and not people who look like monkies.

Josh Sinsapaugh · Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:29 pm

Braden, GMPhD wrote:I guess they don't: the power armour design is pretty telling.

Still, it would be cool if they did... you know, just to make then aliens, and not people who look like monkies.

Wouldn't them knuckle walking make them MORE like people that look like monkies?

~ Josh

Braden Campbell · Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:52 pm

Not when you consider that every humaniod race in the Megaverse apparently walks completely upright.

What are the odds?

Josh Sinsapaugh · Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:55 pm

Braden, GMPhD wrote:Not when you consider that every humaniod race in the Megaverse apparently walks completely upright.

What are the odds?

Kreeghor don't, that's one.

There are a few others too, though I can't think of them at the moment.

Eitherway, upright races ae the VAST majority.

~ Josh

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:37 pm

Here comes the description, why a technologically advanced
race have to have at least one pair of appendages, with
fine manipulation abilities - and knuckle-walking hands
do not mix well with assembling microelectronics, for
example.

Adios
KLM

Vrykolas2k · Unread post by **Vrykolas2k** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:11 pm

Braden, GMPhD wrote:Not when you consider that every humaniod race in the Megaverse apparently walks completely upright.

What are the odds?

Thus, they are humanoid... nae some other-oid.

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:13 am

Braden, GMPhD wrote:Not when you consider that every humaniod race in the Megaverse apparently walks completely upright.

What are the odds?

The Hawrk races seemed to be kinda slouched. But hey, is there any real problems with them going the route of most being humanoid? I kinda prefer that to the settings where there are as many blob races as there are humanoid ones.

Josh Sinsapaugh · Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:27 am

Races that Knuckle Walk or otherwise don't walk upright/slouch:

Kreeghor
Grimbor
Hawrk-Ohl
Nm'byr Gorilla Men
Tarlok (Tarbull)
Nazeer
Seekers (or whatever you call those brutish things from Mindwerks).
(some) CS Mutant Apes & Monkies
Dark Hounds
Mountain Giants (I think they do).

To be fixed/amended/added later.

~ Josh

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:50 am

Josh Sinsapaugh wrote:Races that Knuckle Walk or otherwise don't walk upright/slouch:

Kreeghor
Hawrk-Ohl
Nm'byr Gorilla Men
Seekers (or whatever you call those brutish things from Mindwerks).
(some) CS Mutant Apes & Monkies
Dark Hounds
Mountain Giants (I think they do).

To be fixed/amended/added later.

~ Josh

The Mountain Giants just seemed to be crouched over, not slouched. The ones from the US West book right?

Josh Sinsapaugh · Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:52 am

Marrowlight wrote:
Josh Sinsapaugh wrote:Races that Knuckle Walk or otherwise don't walk upright/slouch:

Kreeghor
Hawrk-Ohl
Nm'byr Gorilla Men
Seekers (or whatever you call those brutish things from Mindwerks).
(some) CS Mutant Apes & Monkies
Dark Hounds
Mountain Giants (I think they do).

To be fixed/amended/added later.

~ Josh

The Mountain Giants just seemed to be crouched over, not slouched. The ones from the US West book right?

Yes.

But I assume that from the enormous size of their hands that they would slouch, if not knuckle walk.

...though I may be wrong.

~ Josh

Nekira Sudacne · Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:02 am

no they don't.

Josh Sinsapaugh · Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:52 am

Galahad_Knight wrote:Let us not forget the humble Grimbor

Added to my list, above.

~ Josh

Syndicate · Unread post by **Syndicate** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:18 pm

Skraypers:

Tarlok (Tarbull)
Nazeer

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:58 pm

Yeah, undeveloped jaws and lack of body hair... Disgusting.

Adios
KLM

Daniel Stoker · Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:15 pm

KLM wrote:Plus their PAs also suggest otherwise (Manling, Serpent, Equestrian).

Earth primates walk on their knuckles, because of their
relatively long arms. Yet, some fossils suggest, that there
were humaniods on our planet, which (or who) walked
upright, and yet had body hair and ape-like face...

Adios
KLM

It's not just the arms but the hip structure in apes that require them to knuckle walk. While a chimp can and does walk bipedally it's in a hip throwing motion as opposed to our even gait. And if you want to get ape looking humanioids who walk on 2 feet, the Australopithecus species fits the bill. Granted they had a brain pan the size of chimps too, but we know from footprints found in Volcanic Ash that they did walk upright.

Daniel Stoker

sHaka · Unread post by **sHaka** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:02 am

I have a mental image of a Kittani starship bridge, the captain's chair replaced with a tractor trye hanging from the ceiling, the captain slowly spinning barking out orders.... His number two on grooming duty.