Monday, November 30, 2009

Creature Parade #6

Hello friends!  Here's another set of the creatures I've been imagining.



First up is a creature I'm calling serra phignia.  This is an aquatic mammal that relies on its fins (evolved from wings) to speed through the water, and also provide minimal gliding through the air as it walks on water in a similar fashion to the basilisk lizard.  It hunts with it's hook-like arms which are elongated forefingers.




Next, we have a palm fly.  This flying insect makes its nest among the leaves of palm trees (hence the name) and is roughly the size of a common honey bee.  I haven't decided whether it feeds on blood or nectar, but either way you understand the function of the mouth.  I meant for it's stomach to be decorative or contain pigmented cells that the creature can change at will.  I suppose this feature is found primarily in the males of the species and used as a decorative palette to attract a mate.



The next, rather large, creature I have named tonako archouix.  It's basically a mixture of a mammoth and a walrus which makes it's home in the plains.  A herbivore that lives in packs and also happens to be an excellent swimmer.



Here we have a much smaller creature known as a devil snail.  This snail 's body is more solid than it's slimy cousins and has a tendency to feed on small insects and animals more than plant life.  It will wrap up it's prey in the numerous toxic barbs that adorn the front portion of its foot.



The final creature for today is the fungi pangolin.  This animal has a body adorned with fungus of various species.  Another result of evolution, it uses this as camouflage among fallen leaves and decaying wood of a forest floor.  It feeds mainly on ants, termites and other small insects, sifting through leaves and breaking apart old wood with its claws and horns.
Perhaps I will create something with all this one day...a book of some shape?