ENT Forum Get To Know You Thread Pt 2

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Enterprise' started by Kalen Archer, Nov 10, 2005.

  1. jespah

    jespah Taller than a Hobbit Moderator

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    Welcome, Miss Lemon! :)
     
  2. Miss Lemon

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    Thanks, jespah! :)

    I was wondering, who is your cute little friend in your avatar?
     
  3. jespah

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    My little friend is a large vegetarian bat called a flying fox.
     
  4. Miss Lemon

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    A bat? I wouldn't have guessed.

    I think I might have seen flying foxes when I was in Australia. Didn't know they were vegetarians though.

    And now I know where that Australian band got their name. Heh.
     
  5. teacake

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    We have gazilions of flying foxes, there are dense inner city suburbs where they are hanging in trees and flying overhead at dusk. They are pretty cool. And huge.
     
  6. Alienesse

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    That's a bat? He is indeed very very cute. :adore:

    Is this what the little guy is going to grow into?

    [​IMG]

    Boy, I've been here for over a year and this is the first time I've posted in the get-to-know-you thread. I should be ashamed of myself. :alienblush:

    Hi and welcome to all newcomers!
     
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  7. jespah

    jespah Taller than a Hobbit Moderator

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    Yep, he'll spread his lil wings once he can get out of his straight jacket swaddling, I imagine. I use the pics as stand-ins for alien pictures in some of my writing, but I have to hide the wings as I'm writing aliens with hands, opposable thumbs, etc. Going for kind of a doggy version of Caitians, standard humanoid size, too.

    Very, very alien-looking, no (sorry for the big pic)?
    [​IMG]
     
  8. Miss Lemon

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    Thanks!

    I just have to say, I find your avatar strangely alluring. I can't stop looking at it. :o

    Would you mind telling me which episode it's from? :)
     
  9. Alienesse

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    :lol: Me neither! I love Captain Archer with Klingon ridges. As Trip said, he looks intimidating.

    It's from the season 4 Klingon two-parter, "Affliction/Divergence". It's actually a cropped version of a publicity photo from TrekCore.com.
     
  10. Miss Lemon

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    Those are ridges! And here I was thinking they were shadows. :rolleyes:

    Thanks for answering my question. And thanks for wearing that intimidating avatar, mmm. ;)
     
  11. Alienesse

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    How cute!:adore: He does look unusual, but in a very endearing way.

    My pleasure! :p In addition to being intimidating, Captain Archer, Klingonized or not, is also dashingly handsome.
     
  12. jespah

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    I like huggable aliens (and huggable starship Captains - rrowwwrrr at the avatar).
     
  13. ReedEnterprise

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    Huggable aliens? I want one please :)
     
  14. I am Surak

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    I want a vegetarian bat or flying fox for a pet!!!!!

    And I am also all about hugging aliens - like T'Pol :)
     
  15. jespah

    jespah Taller than a Hobbit Moderator

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    I, too, want a flying fox. Except I have to get past the part about screaming like Hoshi when bats fly around. We've had them in the house more than once. Mr. j takes care of the bat persuasion duties while I mainly cower catatonically and mumble incoherently, usually under a desk or chair or table.
     
  16. Miss Lemon

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    ^ Now that I'd like to see! :lol:

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    I took this pic in Sydney. There were many flying foxes/bats? just hanging around there in the middle of town, very surreal.
     
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  17. I am Surak

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    Why has my high school education failed me so badly? I never heard of a flying fox before and now I do not know how I can live without a flock of them in my backyard.
    Great pictures!
     
  18. jespah

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    Now there's a sweet face -
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  19. Miss Lemon

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    How can one tell the difference between a bat and a flying fox, I wonder...
     
  20. I am Surak

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    I guess from the air the color would be an indication and up close all the bats I have ever seen are kinda pignosed and just not as cute.
    I wonder if the natural rest position of the flying fox is hanging down or if they could be trained to sit on your shoulder like a parakeet.
    "Arrrr -its a flying fox matey!"