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03-27-2006, 04:25 AM
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There's already one of those. It's largely an account of canon, though, rather than fan theories.

I'm not sure why the idea of Paramites being invertebrates is so popular. True Abe's Oddysee describes them as crustaceans, but that's clearly to describe their appearance more than their phylogeny. In my mind, the well-built nature of Scrabs' and Paramites' bodies strongly suggests a skeletal structure, but Paramites more so than Scrabs, especially because of those facial fingers.

Regarding Fuzzles' skeletal system, it wouldn't be right to assume that because they don't look to have one now that they never did. Humans don't have externally-visible tails, but our coccyx is a remnant of our evolutionary past. In the same way, Fuzzles' vertebrates may have shrunk down to a minute size.
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