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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6182353" data-attributes="member: 57383">The very first description of Green Martians in A Princess of Mars, Chapter III: My Advent on Mars describes them as being able to move on all fours. Five or six had already hatched and the grotesque caricatures which sat blinking in the sunlight were enough to cause me to doubt my sanity. They seemed mostly head, with little scrawny bodies, long necks and six legs, or, as I afterward learned, two legs and two arms, with an intermediary pair of limbs which could be used at will either as arms or legs. Their eyes were set at the extreme sides of their heads a trifle above the center and protruded in such a manner that they could be directed either forward or back and also independently of each other, thus permitting this queer animal to look in any direction, or in two directions at once, without the necessity of turning the head. Offhand I can't recall any descriptions of the Green Martians running on all fours - but then they usually jump on a Thoat whenever they want to get anywhere in a hurry.The books do say their limbs are articulated in the same fashion as a White Ape, and if I remember correctly there are several references to White Apes running on four legs.</blockquote>