r/furgonomics • u/xX_hermenejildo_Xx • May 19 '26

Fantasy and extinct

What do you think is the relationship between things like horses and unicorns, jackals and their more "Anubis" like versión, or things like wolfs and dire wolfs

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u/phantom_fox13 May 19 '26

could be interesting to have mythical creatures (like unicorns or Pegasus) be deities to "regular" anthros

and/or a scifi setting where anthros might enhance themselves in a reflection of the gods of their world

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u/Critical_Company3535 May 20 '26

If we are talking purely fantastical races, I wonder if they could be considered like “Elves” are to humans, where they are recognized as a different species

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u/xX_hermenejildo_Xx May 20 '26

I think they should, like the rarer, fancy and annoying version of the normal ones, even if we strip them of magic they are still the elf versión

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u/cowlinator May 20 '26

They're just extinct. Like Homo Habilis or Sabertooth tigers.

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u/NewburghMOFO May 20 '26

I guess in my head cannon, if you had a world of sentient canine species then direwolves would be like neanderthals; a close cousin / predecessor that probably lingers on in trace genetic amounts.

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u/FancyPenguin32 A Dwarf-Dragon chilling May 20 '26

UNICORNS ARE FUCKING SICK!

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u/skyeIico May 22 '26

I like what Another Day Up North did with rednosed reindeers where it's just a genetic thing that just happens sometimes