[Nadine has gotten some weird messages. Including from Garrus. But this one...she blinks, not even sure how to answer.]
The short answer is 'human intervention'. Once upon a time most dog breeds looked pretty much the same, but evolution and people breeding for specific traits created really different breeds of dogs.
Dogs that were used for hunting were bred to have much different physical traits than dogs used for herding or dogs used for personal companionship. So that big yellow dog is a breed that was developed to retrieve birds when hunting. The little thing with the sad face was bred to sit in people's laps.
Oh. I think those look more normal when they're not shaved weird.
Look there's hundreds of dog breeds, just don't worry about it. Especially here. I own a winged rabbit thing and a giant blue emu, animals are extra weird here.
Okay, okay. I knew I should have watched more of that game show...
[Dog Or Not - the Citadel's most popular Earth-themed game show.]
And this is ... definitely a dog.
[He just doesn't want to be embarrassed the next time he talks to a person from An Earth, okay. And frankly, he's embarrassed himself plenty already around Nadine. So...]
Okay. Well... that's better than I thought I'd do.
Sorry - I know this probably isn't what you want to be spending your time doing. But the last time someone mentioned an Earth animal to me, I apparently got it confused with the ones with the horns on their faces.
I don't think that's a raccoon like the ones from my world. Our raccoons are shorter and fatter and have a different kind of fur. And little hands. Also they're gray.
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ANY TIME IN NOV.
But how in the hell are these things both dogs?
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The short answer is 'human intervention'. Once upon a time most dog breeds looked pretty much the same, but evolution and people breeding for specific traits created really different breeds of dogs.
Dogs that were used for hunting were bred to have much different physical traits than dogs used for herding or dogs used for personal companionship. So that big yellow dog is a breed that was developed to retrieve birds when hunting. The little thing with the sad face was bred to sit in people's laps.
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Wrinkly thing?
And that system also made this too?
[Garrus where are you finding these.]
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Oh. I think those look more normal when they're not shaved weird.
Look there's hundreds of dog breeds, just don't worry about it. Especially here. I own a winged rabbit thing and a giant blue emu, animals are extra weird here.
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[Dog Or Not - the Citadel's most popular Earth-themed game show.]
And this is ... definitely a dog.
[He just doesn't want to be embarrassed the next time he talks to a person from An Earth, okay. And frankly, he's embarrassed himself plenty already around Nadine. So...]
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....maybe?
[She isn't an animal person, she only knows so many dogs and animals in general. But it could be a dog. Or a raccoon? Or something else entirely.]
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Sorry - I know this probably isn't what you want to be spending your time doing. But the last time someone mentioned an Earth animal to me, I apparently got it confused with the ones with the horns on their faces.
Not elephants. The other one.
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You mean a rhino? Elephants don't have horns. They have tusks.
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Yeah - yeah the rhino. Not a unicorn.
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Yeah. Because unicorns aren't Earth animals.
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[Are they like the shifty looking cow, Nadine??]
They
aren't?
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No, they aren't. Not my Earth anyway. They might be here, though. And I'm pretty sure they exist in other worlds.
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[Garrus, raccoons have normal hands, not weird chest hands.]
I thought humans talked about them. So I assumed they came from Earth.
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In a lot of Earth worlds, unicorns are in storybooks and fairy tales. Like mermaids.
[Oh god, does Garrus know what a mermaid is? Nadine doesn't think of that until after she sends the text.]
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A mermaid?
I don't know that one...
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It's a creature from mythology. Half fish, half human. It's not real in my world.
Don't worry about it.
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[He's definitely picturing a fish with human legs.]
Anything else I should probably know about?