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Originally posted by d60944
I think that those "plates" on its back are not actually part of the animal. if you look, you can see that the sculptor has carved a spiral of similar shapes around the image. I think that the ones above the creature's back are just a continuation of this decorative spiral of the same shapes. You can see what I mean in the image I have highlighted below:
With best wishes.
Originally posted by adamneldon
I believe that we and everything else was created by God. But I am not here to preach.
Originally posted by adamneldon
What I don't agree with is that the "plates" are just a filler for the carving. Although I do see a similar design on the outside of many of the other rings on the carving, this is the only one that I see that has it on the inside of the ring.
Originally posted by Batty
i can't deny there's a strong chance it's a leftover prop,even though the website claims it isn't. but it's definitely a steg.
Along the vertical strip of roundels in the angle between the south wall of the porch and the east wall of the main body of the gopura there is even a very convincing representation of a stegosaur
an animal which bears a striking resemblance to a stegosaurus
Originally posted by Gemwolf
This was, however, the same temple in which Tomb raider was shot. But why "build props" when there are in fact wonderful, existing "props" all around the temple?
As for the Chameleon idea, as I said earlier, it's much more believable than living dinosaurs, BUT something to think about: Most typical chameleon images show the typical spiral tail of the chameleon... This "animal" carving has a pretty short and straight tail...
Originally posted by Uplifted
Actually, there are many species of chameleons without curled tails. The animal's tail is kinda short though. Perhaps a new species of chameleon? That's what I think it is now.
Originally posted by adamneldon
Problem One- You can't say "that doesn't look like a Stegosaurus", mainly because I am fairly certain that you have never seen a living dinosaur.
Originally posted by adamneldon
Problem Two- Who has the right to say that anything has gone extinct? There may be evidence pointing toward that conclusion but there is no way to prove it at all.
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
I think the sculptor indeed see something that look like a stegosaurus. Or a evolved version of one?