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           Clearly,itwasamphibian,andprobablyadaptedtolongairlesshibernationperiodsaswell. Vocalorgansseemedpresentinconnectionwiththemainrespiratorysystem,buttheypresentedanomaliesbeyondimmediatesolution. Articulatespeech,inthesenseofsyllableutterance,seemedbarelyconceivable,butmusicalpipingnotescoveringawiderangewerehighlyprobable. Themuscularsystemwasalmostprematurelydeveloped. 

           ThenervoussystemwassocomplexandhighlydevelopedastoleaveLakeaghast. Thoughexcessivelyprimitiveandarchaicinsomerespects,thethinghadasetofganglialcentersandconnectivesarguingtheveryextremesofspecializeddevelopment. Itsfive-lobedbrainwassurprisinglyadvanced,andthereweresignsofasensoryequipment,servedinpartthroughthewiryciliaofthehead,involvingfactorsalientoanyotherterrestrialorganism. Probablyithasmorethanfivesenses,sothatitshabitscouldnotbepredictedfromanyexistinganalogy. Itmust,Lakethought,havebeenacreatureofkeensensitivenessanddelicatelydifferentiatedfunctionsinitsprimalworld-muchliketheantsandbeesoftoday. Itreproducedlikethevegetablecrytogams,especiallythePteridophyta,havingsporecasesatthetipsofthewingsandevidentlydevelopingfromathallusorprothallus. 

           Buttogiveitanameatthisstagewasmerefolly. Itlookedlikearadiate,butwasclearlysomethingmore. Itwaspartlyvegetable,buthadthree-fourthsoftheessentialsofanimalstructure. Thatitwasmarineinorigin,itssymmetricalcontourandcertainotherattributesclearlyindicated;yetonecouldnotbeexactastothelimitofitslateradaptations. Thewings,afterall,heldapersistentsuggestionoftheaerial. Howitcouldhaveundergoneitstremendouslycomplexevolutiononanew-bornearthintimetoleaveprintsinArchaeanrockswassofarbeyondconceptionastomakeLakewhimsicallyrecalltheprimalmythsaboutGreatOldOneswhofiltereddownfromthestarsandconcoctedearthlifeasajokeormistake; 

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