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Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 8th, 2012, 10:08 pm ]
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So basically, the "Bohemian tiger beetle jumping spider", or BTBJS, are black at birth, but as they age they become brown, with black spots. They have extremely strong venom. One drop of venom in any cut, wound, ear, mouth or eye equals death in two hours. Awakons (I will make thread about them later.) dip their arrows in their venom. So that way just one scratch from an arrow will kill you. The BTBJS can jump 20 + feet. One weird thing about them is that they only have four eyes. They also have a very powerful jaw, so their bites can pierce steel armor. They are very aggressive.

There's a quick bio, tell me what you think!
Author:  Idril Aravis Mimetes [ April 9th, 2012, 11:35 am ]
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*shiver* I sure wouldn't want to meet one! :P
Author:  Jay Lakewood [ April 9th, 2012, 11:38 am ]
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How large are these creatures?
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 9th, 2012, 3:21 pm ]
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Good question, Sir, I see them of this size, I'm still thinking of how to word it.
"WARNING ANYONE WHO HAS ARACHNOPHOBIA LOOK NO FURTHER, OR THOSE THAT FIND SPIDERS GROSS LOOK NO FURTHER. WARNING MAY NOT LIVE UP TO HW'S LANGUAGE CODE, NO REAL SWEARS BUT SUBSTITUTE SWEAR WORDS." http://www.thestar.com/business/sciencetech/article/713308--researchers-identify-giant-new-spider-species http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater I imagine them with a tip-to-tip leg span of about 12 centimetres, including a body almost four centimetres wide. To get an idea how big that is, imagine the size of a man's hand or a small saucer.
Author:  Sam Starrett [ April 9th, 2012, 6:33 pm ]
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What kind of a book is this to be? The term "Bohemian" rules out high fantasy, I would think, and a reference to Bohemia as a country would put the discovery of the spider some time between the second century BC and the Great War (the term "Bohemian" might have found use afterward in reference to the region in the Czech Republic, but that doesn't seem likely).
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 9th, 2012, 7:24 pm ]
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Really? o.O o.O I have a part of a forest called "Bohem" thus the "Bohemian" part. I might have to change it then. :P Thanks for letting me know Sam.
*Thinks of what to do*.
Author:  Sam Starrett [ April 9th, 2012, 8:03 pm ]
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Danko Sandai wrote:
Really? o.O o.O I have a part of a forest called "Bohem" thus the "Bohemian" part. I might have to change it then. :P Thanks for letting me know Sam.
"Thinks of what to do"


Oh. Wow. You mean by total coincidence you came up with the word Bohemian and you didn't know Bohemia was a real country? OK. Well, you might get away with "Bohem," but I'd change the adjective. Maybe "Bohemite" or something. Or you might even get away with "Bohemian," but I wouldn't try it. *shrug*
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 9th, 2012, 8:52 pm ]
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Samstarrett wrote:
Danko Sandai wrote:
Really? o.O o.O I have a part of a forest called "Bohem" thus the "Bohemian" part. I might have to change it then. :P Thanks for letting me know Sam.
"Thinks of what to do"


Oh. Wow. You mean by total coincidence you came up with the word Bohemian and you didn't know Bohemia was a real country? OK. Well, you might get away with "Bohem," but I'd change the adjective. Maybe "Bohemite" or something. Or you might even get away with "Bohemian," but I wouldn't try it. *shrug*


Total coincidence. :P I might try Bohemem or maybe, Bohemer or Bohemlat. I'm just puting random things down now. Bohemlite, Bohemsot, Bohemaner. *Keeps on thinking of words* Bohemop *Voice starts to trail off* Bohemjil Bohemer?
Author:  AzlynRose [ April 9th, 2012, 10:12 pm ]
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Lady Idril Aravis wrote:
*shiver* I sure wouldn't want to meet one! :P

I'm thinking the same thing! :shock:
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 10th, 2012, 10:14 am ]
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Near the beginning of my book the main character catches one! :cool:
Author:  Lady Elanor [ April 10th, 2012, 11:45 am ]
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They sound really scary. :pale:
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 10th, 2012, 9:40 pm ]
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They are scary! :evil: :twisted: :evil:
Author:  Stan, flying werewolf [ April 13th, 2012, 4:41 pm ]
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Lady Elanor Mimetes wrote:
They sound really scary. :pale:


That they do!
Author:  NotThatShort [ April 15th, 2012, 7:48 pm ]
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They sound really creepy and scary, but what does the "beetle" part of the name apply to?
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 15th, 2012, 11:23 pm ]
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Ahh, good question, my brother came up with the name when I was little, but I decided to expand on it. :P *Thinks* Oh yes! I forgot to add, when they jump, they have wings on their backs that help them jump higher. Like a beetle.
Author:  NotThatShort [ April 16th, 2012, 7:31 am ]
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OH okay! Sounds interesting.
Author:  Danko Sandai [ April 16th, 2012, 11:12 am ]
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Thanks. :dieshappy: *Thinks of ways to improve them*
Author:  NotThatShort [ April 16th, 2012, 3:50 pm ]
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Maybe make a mutant species of them that's gigantic and is discovered in your story? :D
Author:  Green Mist [ May 8th, 2012, 7:08 pm ]
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Ha! Good idea!

What does the "tiger" part of the name apply to? And also, not to be a nitpicker, but it just seems a bit... unnecessary that the Awakons would dip their arrows in venom. The venom causes death in two hours, but arrows usually kill a person instantly... (depending on where you strike) so...
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 8th, 2012, 8:04 pm ]
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Good point... Maybe blowdarts?
Author:  Danko Sandai [ May 9th, 2012, 11:28 am ]
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You see, that is a good question, but I have a good answer!
An arrow kills someone quickly, yes. But when you have 500 archers firing over a town wall, and someone gets hit in the foot, they will still die, so you always get a kill shot (unless they have some medicine). But medicine is very expensive.
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 9th, 2012, 2:40 pm ]
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Oh okay okay that makes sense! :D But you should have blowguns with little darts as well...
Author:  Danko Sandai [ May 9th, 2012, 2:59 pm ]
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NotThatShort Mimetes wrote:
Oh okay okay that makes sense! :D But you should have blowguns with little darts as well...

I might. ;)
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 9th, 2012, 3:12 pm ]
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Well if you do, you should call them Short darts, or an Elizabeth gun, because it was my idea. :rofl: :dieshappy: :D XD
Author:  Green Mist [ May 9th, 2012, 4:52 pm ]
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Shorty: :rofl:

Thanks for the explanation, Danko. That makes sense. :) But you didn't answer my question about the "tiger" part in the name...
Author:  Riniel Jasmina [ May 9th, 2012, 5:47 pm ]
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That's interesting that it is somewhat beetlish. I like Bohemian as a total coincidence. :D It sounds nice. If it's a problem though I think just dropping the i makes sense.
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 9th, 2012, 6:49 pm ]
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@Misty: It's explained farther back in the thread, I asked the same thing, I think. :D
Author:  Green Mist [ May 9th, 2012, 8:45 pm ]
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No, you asked about the "beetle" part...
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 9th, 2012, 9:41 pm ]
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o.O I could have sworn SOMEBODY asked about the tiger part...
Author:  Green Mist [ May 10th, 2012, 1:52 pm ]
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:rofl:

How about you give us an answer, Danko? :)
Author:  Danko Sandai [ May 10th, 2012, 5:23 pm ]
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I thought I said why in the first part.* Looks* Oops. :blush:
At the beginning I said something about the colour. What I meant to say is:
They are black at birth, when they grow up they become orange with black stripes.
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 10th, 2012, 5:29 pm ]
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Yeah, I remember you saying that! Odd...
Author:  Green Mist [ May 11th, 2012, 3:22 pm ]
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Weird... well thank you for clearing that up! ;)
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 11th, 2012, 4:13 pm ]
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Maybe it was in a PM... huh...
Author:  Danko Sandai [ May 11th, 2012, 6:25 pm ]
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Maybe, I'm not sure though.
Author:  NotThatShort [ May 11th, 2012, 9:37 pm ]
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:rofl: Whatever, at least everyone knows now. ;)
Author:  The Bard [ June 5th, 2012, 10:43 am ]
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The name seems very long to me, most of the time people will give very simple names to things. Maybe just the tiger part, or maybe something to do with it's deadly capabilities like "slayer beetle" or something to that effect.

They do sound most awesome, though. :D I don't think I would go to sleep on the ground with those things crawling around. o.O
Author:  Danko Sandai [ June 5th, 2012, 11:56 am ]
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For some reason I chose the long name, because no one chooses long names any more. But if you have a long name, it can add some comic relief to the book. :rofl:

I wouldn't want to sleep on the ground either!
Author:  Calista Bethelle [ June 5th, 2012, 7:11 pm ]
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"Look out!"
"What, what is it??"
"It's a...a...Bohemiantigerbeetlejumpingspiderthingy!!!"
"A what?"
"Never mind, just get out of it's way!"

:rofl:
Author:  Danko Sandai [ June 6th, 2012, 12:22 pm ]
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Well, that sort of happens in my book. :rofl:
Author:  Calista Bethelle [ June 7th, 2012, 8:42 pm ]
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:rofl: Hahahaha! XD
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ June 8th, 2012, 7:18 pm ]
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Perhaps there should be a shortened version of their name... I know that I have a creature called a Tangala in my trilogy, but they are called Tanglies as well (not really for short, more for slang).
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