Quaritch's scars

[Zanither]

Kaltxì, just wondering about the scars that Quaritch has on his head (it's been bugging me for a while  ). The movie states that he got them on Pandora, but what or who gave them to him.... 
I dunno, what bout you guys.
 

['Oma Tirea]

Rumor has it it was a nantang (or maybe it was that I read it in the script...).

[archaic]

Nah, Col. Q had a box full of rakes fall on him.
http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=9403&page=1

['Oma Tirea]

Nah, Col. Q had a box full of rakes fall on him.
http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=9403&page=1

HRRH I remember tsat...

[Lolet]

Rumor has it it was a nantang (or maybe it was that I read it in the script...).

Does a nantang have claws? I don't see him surviving a bite to the noggin.  Maybe a riti attacked his head because it looked tasty.

[Zanither]

yum Quaritch- noggin Delicious   

but yes Riti possibly, Nantang maybe, Ikranay Perhaps.....

[Txonä Unil Stä'nìyu Rolyusì]

Could have been a thanator...they definitely have claws. Tho, those scars look like just a grazing if is was a thanator.

-Txonä Rolyu

[Txura Rolyu]

I would say stingbat that was staying the night in a dark corner of a warehouse on the base.

[archaic]

Ayoe nantang, have fingers and semi opposable thumbs, we have something much more akin to a fingernail than a true claw, but they can still give a good scratch.

The configuration is:- Thumb, two longer fingers in the middle, and a little finger opposite (and only slightly longer than) the thumb.

Quaritch's scars look as if three parallel sharp points made them. A rake is just possible, but not Nantang hand.

However, it could be from a Nantang hind foot. The two center toes are fused together, the nails are closer to parallel. It would mean that this wound, was made by a defensive or escape movement rather than an attacking strike.
Verdict:-
Some poor innocent unknown Nantang was viciously attacked by a savage tawtute. In an attempt to either flee from, or defend itself, or others, it kicked out with a hind leg. For a fight to take place rather than this peaceful creatures normal self preservation instinct to escape, the attack must have been sudden and unexpected, the creature was cornered, or was protecting another, (possibly it's young), or some combination of these.




Edit:- Looking at the scars again ..... I think it was made by an escaping Nantang, hind foot striking his head as it leapt over his shoulder. The abrupt kink would be caused by the Expoack shifting, then catching, maybe the straps came to their full stretch. The foot then deflected down along the edge of the face mask.

[Dalva]

Nah, Col. Q had a box full of rakes fall on him.
http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=9403&page=1

ahhaha that is hilarious 

[Swoka Ikran]

Nah, Col. Q had a box full of rakes fall on him.
http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=9403&page=1

ahhaha that is hilarious 

Agreed. I found that a while back and had forgotten about it...

As for where he got those scars...also thinking nantang.

[Kamean]

Nah, Col. Q had a box full of rakes fall on him.
http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=9403&page=1

ahhaha that is hilarious 

Agreed. I found that a while back and had forgotten about it...

I post this pictures on this forum in November. Nice work. Really funny.

[Stranger Come Knocking]

That's great.  I love MAD.

[Eyawng te Klltepayu]

Could it have been a slinth or a slinger? Not the poison-dart-head but the rest of the body.

[eejmensenikbenhet]

Could it have been a slinth or a slinger?

Not a slinger...
My guess: Nantang.

[archaic]

Nah, Col. Q had a box full of rakes fall on him.
http://www.avatar-forums.com/showthread.php?t=9403&page=1

ahhaha that is hilarious 

Agreed. I found that a while back and had forgotten about it...

I post this pictures on this forum in November. Nice work. Really funny.

Ah, so that was you back then ? Thank you for them, they gave me a good laugh then, and a smaller one now.

[Alyara Arati]

Nantang should be about the right size to match the scars, I think.  Maybe ikranay, but if they're built just like ayikran only smaller, I don't think they would have 3 parallel claws like that.  I would have to watch the movie again to be sure, though, which would be a terrible hardship.

[Zanither]

Ayoe nantang, have fingers and semi opposable thumbs, we have something much more akin to a fingernail than a true claw, but they can still give a good scratch.

The configuration is:- Thumb, two longer fingers in the middle, and a little finger opposite (and only slightly longer than) the thumb.

Quaritch's scars look as if three parallel sharp points made them. A rake is just possible, but not Nantang hand.

However, it could be from a Nantang hind foot. The two center toes are fused together, the nails are closer to parallel. It would mean that this wound, was made by a defensive or escape movement rather than an attacking strike.
Verdict:-
Some poor innocent unknown Nantang was viciously attacked by a savage tawtute. In an attempt to either flee from, or defend itself, or others, it kicked out with a hind leg. For a fight to take place rather than this peaceful creatures normal self preservation instinct to escape, the attack must have been sudden and unexpected, the creature was cornered, or was protecting another, (possibly it's young), or some combination of these.

Edit:- Looking at the scars again ..... I think it was made by an escaping Nantang, hind foot striking his head as it leapt over his shoulder. The abrupt kink would be caused by the Expoack shifting, then catching, maybe the straps came to their full stretch. The foot then deflected down along the edge of the face mask.

hmmmm but what position could a Nantang be in to kick like that.... unless Quaritch had like picked it up or something

[Alyara Arati]

Could be that a nantang jumped over him from behind in order to confront him head on, and caught his head on a back kick, like a horse not quite clearing a fence, perhaps?

(gah, no pun intended with "head on")

[Eyawng te Klltepayu]

Maybe one of the zooplantae?