< Ian > Anyway I do feel that I have different experiences as a paleotherian than people who are kin with living species.

My first connection to my kintype (velociraptors) was because of the movie Jurassic Park, and I feel paleotherians are more likely to necessarily relate to fictional or artistic depictions of their kintypes, because their kintypes are no longer alive, and children are shown a lot of media about prehistoric creatures, so a lot of paleotherians most likely have an important experience with fiction that informs their discovery of their kintype.

Paleotherians will also never get to see their kintype IRL or even in real life video footage, because their kintypes are no longer alive. Documentaries about their kintypes are inherently based on speculation.

Speculation is inherently more important to paleotherians than those who are kin with living species, because science can really only speculate about how prehistoric creatures lived at the end of the day, and since science is always changing, paleotherians' view of their kintypes is less likely to be factually accurate than other types of therians, and it's through little to no fault of their own.

This isn't to be like "uwu paleotherians are so oppressed compared to other therians uwu" cause. That's not what I'm saying. But what I am saying is that, if you're kin with a prehistoric species, you're gonna have a different experience connecting to that kintype than someone who can go outside and see that animal in the real world or even watch a real life wildlife documentary about it. So I feel very warranted in using an additional word to describe the fact that my kintype is prehistoric.

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