Meat Eater or Plant Eater?
So I was talking with my 3yr old the other day and trying to explain to him that a tauntaun was a herbivore. I was explaining that one way to tell was because it had horns and that predators generally don’t have horns.
Which led us to the Wampa.
I really don’t think it should have horns. It is a blood-thirsty predator after all. We got into quite the debate over that but finally we decided it was probably an aberration, an omnivore that due to the frigid conditions on Hoth had to adapt by eating tauntaun meat. The horns are just vestigial remnants.
And then the kid picked up Darth Maul.
Final verdict. Vegetarian. Because he has horns.
Brent Knowles
Former lead designer at BioWare (Dragon Age: Origins, Neverwinter Nights). Creator of Raiders of the Serpent Sea.
37 Comments
Sally K Witt
Great training for the young one! LOL
Bob Warren
Have a Super Tuesday and Happy Holidays!
Anonymous
BUT . . . where’s the LEGO in it ? No story for a 3yr old without LEGO me thinks . . .
Anonymous
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Fishmammal
Awesome!
Candace Mountain
I have a hard time envisioning Darth Maul grazing on veggies lol
Victor
:D
Jim Duckett
Ray Park eats meat, I’m pretty sure of it. I guess a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away the rules of horns did not apply.
Victor
:D
Anonymous
Great.
Brent Knowles
:)
Brent Knowles
Yeah I doubt he would pack baby carrots and dip while out hunting Jedi.
Lindy Dale Ireland
Well applied powers of deduction!
Anne Thomas
Your 3-year old is quite an awesome thinker :)
Claudiu Gabriel
:)
Omar Habayeb
Hilarious per usual Brent! =)
intrepidblue
There all vegans!!!
Jason Ramsey
very nice, I love Darth Maul
Michael Walker
Lol Brent
Aldon Hynes
I don’t have horns and I eat meat!
Jimboslappyface
But if he was a vegan he wouldn’t have the power to kill Qui-Gan. He would be busy trying to find some red meat for protein, and Qui-Gon would have chopped off his head.
Randall N
I lack horns, and I am a vegetarian! :)
Michelle Gilstrap
I love that you are having this discussion with a 3 year old. This will help him as he develops. Way to go Pops.
Kenny Hopkins
LOL – pretty funny :)
Brent Knowles
Yeah, it was kind of interesting…
Brent Knowles
Are you *sure*?
Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Horns rules!
Brent Knowles
Yeah I was kind of impressed too :)
Chris Fleury
Excellent!
Milieunet
Lol
Paul Steinbrueck
Usually the teeth are a good indicator, but…
BillyAkerman
Are you sure your son is only three? That is too funny. Have a great time while he’s still young. Each year is cool, but when they’re younger than 5, it really cool.
Greg Bepper
Isn’t it amazing how kids this age get so into this stuff … I mean right into it. I know some kids this age that can tell you ‘everything you wanted to know but afraid to ask’ about dinosaurs… Amazing!
Brent Knowles
Reasonably sure yep :)
And yes they are fun at this age.
Elza van Swieten
nice to discuss that with a 3 year old…
James Paten
Hey Brent, haven’t seen much activity from you on G+. Any chance those of us following you there could get an update about new blog posts?
Thanks!
Brent Knowles
D’oh… knew I’ve been forgetting something! I’ll try to keep that better updated going forward. Thanks!