Single-Specimen Species: Difference between revisions

''"Strider, we've got to get out of this snow. Legolas, did you get a reading on that creature?"''

''"Fascinating, Captain. It appears to be an unknown creature that lurks in the pool waiting for passing strangers. [[Ecologically Implausible]], captain."''

''"Cap'n, we're in some sort of temporal warp, stretching and deforming the plot. The snow should take place a day before our encounter with this beastie." ... "Boromir, put on that red armour..."'' }}

** In the ''[[Mithgar]]'' books, which started as Tolkien fanfic complete with pseudo-Moria and pseudo-Watcher, there is eventually an explanation both for the ecology and how such a huge monster got into the isolated lake - it's a kraken, they're part of a [[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism]] with dragons, and a dragon flew by and dropped it into the lake to annoy the dwarves. {{spoiler|The dwarves manage to kill it by breaking the dam and draining the lake.}}