I had the color wrong for Dragonbone Condors. They are actually a lovely icy blue. Unfortunately this means that we don’t have any tameable white condors right now, but hopefully one will show up.

Saber worgs, the new spiky worg model, mostly seem to use the stiffer worg animations. However, they do have an idling howl like a wof — although at the moment it seems to lack sound. And personally I think the animations look a bit better on the saber worgs than on the old worgs, perhaps because their overall look is … more animated, somehow.

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I’ve added a new WotLK page to the menu at the top of the blog. This page links to the WotLK pages on Petopia and also contains an archive of all the posts in the WotLK category here on Arcania. It’s intended to serve as a starting point for new readers or readers who have been away who want to catch up on WotLK-related news.

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Ghostcrawler has posted a clarification about the whole “How many points do you need to get tier 5 pet talents?” question, also known as the “Which is correct, the tooltips or the functionality?” question. Answer: not the tooltips.

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Final Name: Scylla

Many of you know that since starting my dwarf hunter Kaet, I’ve developed a real soft spot for crabs. (And yes, people laugh at me every time I say that!)

But today’s request, from a Night Elf hunter named Estaron, is another great example of the growing legions of crab hunters.

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I have been sadly lax in cataloging new pets from the beta. Thankfully, other more reliable hunters have been on the job!

Serenas/Luxatra and her friend Kaylink, both of Daughters OfThe Alliance on Bronzebeard, have been exploring Northrend like … well, like little exploring fiends! … and sending me screenshots of all the Beast Lore’d beasts they meet. So I updated Petopia’s WotLK Pet page tonight with 13 new pets, including hyenas and (oddly) wind serpents. I also straightened out some mistakes I’d made with skins. (You can expect that to continue for the entire beta — both the mistakes and the straightening out.)

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