Tag: Semi-Aquatic
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Thrylliscorpa 842
Original life forms referenced:• Class Mammalia – Giant Pangolin• Class Aves – Roseate Spoonbill• Class Reptilia – Thorny Devil Lizard• Class Malacostraca – Peacock Mantis Shrimp Appearance:The Thrylliscorpa 842 bears a low, armored body covered in overlapping keratinous plates from its pangolin ancestry, each plate ridged with the spiny protrusions of a thorny devil, forming…
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Gryphopelicanmantiscule 514
Original Life Forms ChosenClass Mammalia – Wolverine (Gulo gulo)Class Aves – Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)Class Insecta – Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)Class Gastropoda – Giant African Land Snail (Achatina achatina) AppearanceThe Gryphopelicanmantiscule 514 is a squat, powerfully built predator-herbivore hybrid, its base frame modeled after a wolverine’s muscular torso and limbs. Its upper body is overlaid…
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Thornkrillurdon 619
Original Life Forms:• Mammalia – Pangolin (Manis temminckii)• Reptilia – Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)• Insecta – Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)• Cephalopoda – Dumbo Octopus (Grimpoteuthis spp.) AppearanceThe Thornkrillurdon 619 has a low-slung, armored body covered in overlapping keratin plates reminiscent of a pangolin, each plate bristling with the spiny protrusions of a thorny devil. Its…
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Toxophorus 404
ORIGINAL LIFE FORMS: APPEARANCE: The Toxophorus is a bizarre, low-profile creature that seems to defy all logical classification. Its main body is about two feet long, squat, and covered in a hard, glossy, and often colorful chitinous carapace, much like that of a weevil. From its rear emerges the wide, flat, leathery tail of a…
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Glimmerthorn Barricada 584
Original Life Forms: Appearance:The Glimmerthorn Barricada is a squat, broad-bodied creature about the size of a large dog. Its back is armored in ridged, interlocking plates patterned in shifting green and bronze. Around the plates grow a fringe of fine, silky fins that ripple even in still air, creating an illusion of water movement. Six…
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Platy Gila Cuttlesecretary 650
Original Life Forms: Appearance: This creature is a bizarre fusion of disparate anatomies, resulting in a formidable semi-aquatic predator. It stands upon two long, powerful legs, reminiscent of a secretarybird, which terminate in broad, webbed feet ideal for both wading and swimming. Its body is low-slung and stout like that of a Gila monster, covered…
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Zygravax 267
(From Zygaena moth + Graviport [weight-mover] + Varanus [monitor] + Axon [nerve]) Appearance: Zygravax 267 is an eerie and slow-moving creature with a stretched, serpentine body wrapped in flowing membranous fins that pulse like silk underwater. Its skin is glassy pale near the tail but deepens into ink-blue and venom-red patterns across the dorsal fins…