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Quetzal
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04-22-2002 12:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 4 by Peter
04-22-2002 11:00 AM

Just one quibble 'cause I'm actually an evil pedant in disguise. Most archeologists studying Mesoamerican cultures think that the form for Quetzalcoatl was inspired by my pseudonym-sake: the Central American Quetzal (Pharomacchrus mocinno). It is known that many of the really fancy Aztec headdresses were composed primarily of quetzal feathers (why not? the birds have a 2 meter tail!). They (the birds) were considered royalty (or at least reserved for royalty) by the Maya, among others. When it flies, it undulates very like a snake with wings - just like the representative drawings of Quetzalcoatl.
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05-06-2002 4:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 12 by derwood
05-06-2002 12:00 PM

Or the 9,800 species of birds.
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Welcome back SLP. We missed you.
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