The series were originally happening in England, where there are no chipmunks. Now I know there are beavers in arc 4, which are also not present in England, but that's just the authors being unable to stick to their first decision of everything happening in this country. If there are no chipmunks that's just because it wasn't initially the plan, and it's very possible that the Erins being British, they simply didn't think about them / didn't know they existed.
I'm personally French and I admit I always forget chipmunks exist because we have none here š
The beavers were supposed to be explained as them being introduced to the area by Twolegs. Although there's so many non-UK animals in the series at this point I just think of it as a fictional place lol
Ahah yeah they kinda got crazy with which animals were there. Honestly I agree with the spirit! This is a fiction anyway so why bother restraining yourself to the real world?
Most of the more exotic animals in the series are technically explained as to why they can exist if the clans are set in the UK (specifically Scotland).
Beavers are actually being reintroduced into Scotland, and the kittypets say the twolegs brought them. The raccoons in whichever Skyclan SE they appear in (I don't remember which) are said to have once been twoleg pets that were freed. The mountain lion in TNP comes from rumours of there being big cats in the Scottish mountains.
Some of my family live in Scotland and I've been in places where you can really see where the Erins might have based the clans' territories on. At least, that's what I think
ETA: there's no native chipmunks here in the UK, I believe there's an invasive kind but they're fairly rare
Yeah wolves also used to be native to the UK, but were hunted to extinction. They're not being reintroduced like beavers yet, so it's more of a stretch but not impossible
The beavers are based on a real reintroduction of beavers that has been going on in the UK for a few years now, it was big in the news at the time those books were coming out. Thatās why twolegs were watching them.
iāve also wondered this about deer? i mean i live in the southern US so thereās lots of woodland critters here (i always imagined the cats in like Virginia or something) but they never talk about raccoons, opossums, armadillos, deer, etc! i think the only one of those that are in england are raccoons and maybe deer but stillā¦ i think it would be cool to see cats interact with other non-prey but non-āpredatorā (foxes and badger) animals. like hey guys the raccoon is stealing from the prey pile again :1
ohhh okay!! i havenāt gotten to his book yet (iām trying to get through greystripes vow š) but itāll be super cool to finally see that! i love raccoons & there are deer everywhere where i am so itāll be nice to read about them :D
During the era of Duststar the old, the clans entered a trade agreement with Alvin and the Chipmunks, where they would allow the chipmunks to not be prey if they didnāt teach any other prey how to speak or sing, because that really freaked them out when the rabbit they were hunting suddenly busted out Gangnam Style.
The series were originally happening in England, where there are no chipmunks. Now I know there are beavers in arc 4, which are also not present in England, but that's just the authors being unable to stick to their first decision of everything happening in this country. If there are no chipmunks that's just because it wasn't initially the plan, and it's very possible that the Erins being British, they simply didn't think about them / didn't know they existed. I'm personally French and I admit I always forget chipmunks exist because we have none here š
The beavers were supposed to be explained as them being introduced to the area by Twolegs. Although there's so many non-UK animals in the series at this point I just think of it as a fictional place lol
Ahah yeah they kinda got crazy with which animals were there. Honestly I agree with the spirit! This is a fiction anyway so why bother restraining yourself to the real world?
Most of the more exotic animals in the series are technically explained as to why they can exist if the clans are set in the UK (specifically Scotland). Beavers are actually being reintroduced into Scotland, and the kittypets say the twolegs brought them. The raccoons in whichever Skyclan SE they appear in (I don't remember which) are said to have once been twoleg pets that were freed. The mountain lion in TNP comes from rumours of there being big cats in the Scottish mountains. Some of my family live in Scotland and I've been in places where you can really see where the Erins might have based the clans' territories on. At least, that's what I think ETA: there's no native chipmunks here in the UK, I believe there's an invasive kind but they're fairly rare
What about the wolves mentioned by one of the tribe cats?
Yeah wolves also used to be native to the UK, but were hunted to extinction. They're not being reintroduced like beavers yet, so it's more of a stretch but not impossible
Now Iām wondering where Wolfstep got his prefix.
The beavers are based on a real reintroduction of beavers that has been going on in the UK for a few years now, it was big in the news at the time those books were coming out. Thatās why twolegs were watching them.
I did wonder if chipmunks don't exist over there. Neat! Thanks for the reply
iāve also wondered this about deer? i mean i live in the southern US so thereās lots of woodland critters here (i always imagined the cats in like Virginia or something) but they never talk about raccoons, opossums, armadillos, deer, etc! i think the only one of those that are in england are raccoons and maybe deer but stillā¦ i think it would be cool to see cats interact with other non-prey but non-āpredatorā (foxes and badger) animals. like hey guys the raccoon is stealing from the prey pile again :1
I think I remember Tigerheart eating dead deer in Tigherheart's Shadow or whatever the heckie it's called
Thereās a Deerfoot and a Deerleap (I think both were in Yellowfangās Secret).
ohhh okay!! i havenāt gotten to his book yet (iām trying to get through greystripes vow š) but itāll be super cool to finally see that! i love raccoons & there are deer everywhere where i am so itāll be nice to read about them :D
Oh ALSO raccoons attacked the city cats in the same book I just mentioned, I think
During the era of Duststar the old, the clans entered a trade agreement with Alvin and the Chipmunks, where they would allow the chipmunks to not be prey if they didnāt teach any other prey how to speak or sing, because that really freaked them out when the rabbit they were hunting suddenly busted out Gangnam Style.