02-02-2016, 10:03 PM
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JKP & David Jackson,
your comments about lizards in Europe got me going on a search and it led to a really interesting critter, which would account for all the characteristics we find in our VM Scorpio, even the star!
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ETA: This is not necessarily the specific species we are looking at, but what is of more interest to me is the etymology here, which may explain why he is drawn near a star:
"The name "stellion" comes from Latin stellio, stēlio (stelliōn-, stēliōn-), which referred to any spotted lizard, from stella, star."
your comments about lizards in Europe got me going on a search and it led to a really interesting critter, which would account for all the characteristics we find in our VM Scorpio, even the star!
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ETA: This is not necessarily the specific species we are looking at, but what is of more interest to me is the etymology here, which may explain why he is drawn near a star:
"The name "stellion" comes from Latin stellio, stēlio (stelliōn-, stēliōn-), which referred to any spotted lizard, from stella, star."
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