Talk:Sphinx/@comment-33544229-20191221154832/@comment-24018437-20191221233152

I'm not saying that. You said that, if the tails of both the Manticore and Sphinx are venemous, it means that they're the same species. You fail to take into account that the tails look different, act different, have different means of delivering the venom, and one is literally a snake's head that probably has a seperate mind of its own. A scorpion's stinger and a viper's head both deliver venom, but its very wrong to say they're therefore the same.

Wolverines and arctic foxes are both small-sized carnivores that adapted to living in the stone. Their fur is adapted to that situation, even though wolverine fur is still very different from fox fur. By that logic, a wolverine and an arctic fox are the same species because they share a common trait, without taking into account how different said trait actually is.

However, that's just hair. In this case, we have two completely different body parts. What you're saying is that a scorpion's tail will somehow gain a mind of its own, grow a mouth and eyes and transform into a snake's head. Even for a Grimm's development (who will in 'natural' circumstances only increase in size and gain extra armor and spikes) that's a big strech.