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[edit] Image

Perhaps a better picture will suit, the first manticore pic looks more like a chinese new year lion on a bad day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.234.227.185 (talk • contribs) January 29, 2006, 22:05 UTC.

You want I should draw one? I'm pretty good.

I would recommend a change of picture. The first paragraph of text says that "The tail is either of a dragon or a scorpion." The manticore in the picture has a lion's tail. Should the picture be changed to fit the given description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.184.211 (talk) 07:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cryptozoölogy?

(thus confusing its imagery with the cryptozoology of a porcupine...). This part is confusing. As far as I know, porcupines are not cryptozoological. Perhaps someone that knows what it's supposed to mean can come along and clear this up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.53.49.21 (talk • contribs) December 14, 2005, 08:45 UTC.

I think it means cryptozoology about the real porcupine, similar to how there's a lot of myths regarding the evil-spirit-warding powers of things like roosters and weasels. Some people used to believe porcupines could shoot quills

[edit] Charmed

I don't know much aboot it, but manticores appear in at least one episode of Charmed. If anyone knows anything aboot the show, or knows how to find out more about the manticores in it, that would make a nice addition to the list at the bottom, IMHO. Tomertalk 15:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where'd it all go?

This article used to have a lot more to it, now it's a stub! [unsigned]

[edit] Origin

Wiley Ley speculated that the original stories of the manticore were based on 3rd or 4th generation tales of tigers with a bit of Asiatic lion mixed in. CFLeon (talk) 22:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)