Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28153737-20160703202615/@comment-69.47.173.141-20190629101159

EliSuperHero wrote: I think tolkein was talking apes in africa, so no. This seems a bit farfetched. Apes the size of half trolls and used for war? That's funny. While I agree that they shouldn’t be used for war, nor should they be that large, you need to realize that Tolkien intended for the books to be written by Bilbo and Frodo, so apes would be legends in the Shire, just like oliphaunts.