Talk:Ursagryph

Just a stub for now, but I think it would be nice to have all the Prime/Beast Hunters/Predacons Rising Predacons that have a confirmed species name to have an entry on here in the Category:Cybertronic wildlife area. Seems fitting and adds to the bestiary of Cybertron. -Transfotaku —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Transfotaku (talk • contribs) 01:02, August 13, 2013 (EDT).

It's not an in-fiction species, though. It's a "real-world" mythological thing, a griffon that is part bear instead of part lion.KrytenKoro 02:04, 13 August 2013 (EDT)

Sort of. Googling it doesn't really bring up anything that's not about Grimwing. --ItsWalky 02:19, 13 August 2013 (EDT)

There is no 'real world' mythological 'thing' about an ursagryph. A griffon's a griffon, an ursagryph's an ursagryph. An Ursagryph is OFFICIALLY what Grimwing and Darksteel are, and while they haven't YET appeared in Transformers fiction, it's due to there not being a lot of media created for Prime after they were made. A griffon is an Earthly 'thing' and an Ursagryph is a Cybertronian 'thing'. And just what constitutes 'in fiction' anyway? Official media? Inclusion in the tech spec/bio on the box? Designer intent? The box stating he's an Ursagryph? Are not the toys 'in fiction', or are they merely just 'official'? And besides, looking at all the Predacons, give this one some love....the rest are all generic 'dragon' named, this is a specificly named species. Which is somewhat disappointing, could have added a good number of species to Cybertron. And signing like thiscause don't have a cool sig yet. --Transfotaku —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Transfotaku (talk • contribs) 02:29, August 13, 2013 (EDT).

I'm not sure it works like that. I mean, I'm not sure an ursagryph is a form of Cybertonian wildlife, or even a species of their own. That implies there were thousands of ursagryphs running around Cybertron at some point. That may be, or it may not be. It could be that an ursagryph is a species of Predacon like Triceratops is a species of dinosaur, or it could be that the species is "Predacon" and they just have a wide variety of forms, including a few ursagryphs. I tend to think it is the latter, since that is how Transformers tend to work. Transformers themselves are kind of a species and they have a wide variety of forms. Where does the term come from, by the way? Is it on a box, or is it still word-of-mouth? - Starfield 09:10, 13 August 2013 (EDT)

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