Talk:Jaculus

message: Hi
I'm the one that edited the article, because it really was pretty "in-universe" (Quote: "In actuality, it probably was a snake that leapt down on its prey." What does "in actuality" mean? How can one speak of a mythical creature "in actuality"?). Anyway, if anyone could give me some information or re-edit the section about the jerboa, I would be thankful, as that information may not be correct, considering that I'm not a biologist or Latin-speaker. Or does that simply belong to a separate "Trivia" section, because the Jerboa may actually have nothing to do with the amphiptere? And were the Arabian myths in any way associated with those of the Egyptians, as they might have been talking about the same creatures, that sometimes happened to migrate to Egypt (in their legends, of course)? Also, the Medieval people believed that the amphipteres could fly, and the Egyptians did too, but the Arabs believed that they couldn't fly, although they were all believing in the same creature? And my final question is about the Fandrefalia Snake...Is it a mythical creature or a true animal?
84.131.119.8 09:58, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit 1.0 and 1.1 made by myself 

message: Now that there's a separate article jaculus (rodent) on the genus of jerboas, I've removed the following sentence (the cross-reference now handled via the disambig hatnote at the top):
:The latin name of a species of jerboa is Jaculus jaculus, probably due to the serpent-like appearance of the skeleton.
Firstly since there's only the etymology in common between the heraldic winged snake & the rodent, but secondly as I'm not sure about the unreferenced motive given for naming the taxon Jaculus. Haven't looked into it, but given "jaculus" doesn't actually mean 'serpent' or 'serpent-like' it seems unlikely. AFAIK jaculus was 1st used as a taxon by Linneus (for that sp. of jerboa), & given they are 'jumping' or springing' rodents that would seem to be more in tune with the etymology. Either way, would be better to have a source for the naming snippet, but the info if obtained would seem more appropriate to have at the article on the rodent genus, not here.--cjllw ʘ TALK 09:27, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rodent genus 

message: The 2nd reference about Pliny's Quote isn't working. Could the editor please fix that?--84.131.105.39 14:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The site it's on is having some hardware problems according to the main page. It should reappear when they fix it. Polenth 03:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The site came back up and I've changed the URL to match the one they're now using. It should be fine now. Polenth 22:10, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2nd Reference 

message: *Added see also section with link to Chrysopelea.
*Edited paragraph about fandrefiala to better reflect source material, and updated ref to include an archived copy of the long-dead original page.  Source seems a bit questionable, though- if nothing else, it describes Ithycyphus as 'harmless', while its page on wikipedia indicates that its bite can cause severe pain and bleeding.
*Also tentatively removed the DC character Able. I'm not sure just being a javelin-user with super-speed is enough of a connection. Feel free to put him back in if the comics actually do explicitly link him to the Jaculus.
72.217.98.55 (talk) 18:56, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit summary 25 September 2019