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Birds of a feather...; ...we need some for Vabmojer
Topic Started: Dec 21 2009, 04:20 PM (809 Views)
Ddraig Goch
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Ar hyd y nos

At the moment, the skies of Vabmojer are relatively empty.

We have;

The Gyrophel
Pterodae (Or "Truckles", which feed on tree-sap)
Cissk (A gliding carnivore, of the Lacertidae sub-genus)
Coelorhinidae (Of which only a few species fly; nectar drinkers, restricted to the island of Wettham)
Pteroneurodae (Superficially bat-like found only on joined continents of Vaghis and Matulande. Insectivores, and with limited species)

And so, what I need, are bird-equivilants. Sadly, right now I am at a loss for ideas, so I wonder whether someone could help me? I need species which fulfil the same roles as birds, but preferably look almost nothing like them (vertebrates, preferably). Thanks. :)
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Are you plausible?

I'm having a hard time imagining what a 'crescent head' even looks like... Which way's the tip pointing, and where's the curve at?
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Dec 23 2009, 10:28 PM
I'd like to see a flying filter-feeder

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Well I thought of it as laying horizontal, like a hammerhead shark, but I suppose it could be done either way, really. But by being horizontal it could be wing-shaped (as in curved around the top, like looking at a wing from the side) and thus more aerodynamic and useful for changing direction and such. Maybe it could even have biological ailerons on its head to help with roll and such.
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Are you plausible?

Ah yes, that makes more sense.
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Wasn't there an early tetrapod- diplocaulus- with a head like that?

But six pairs of wings- i try to stick with four.

A nflying filter feeder? I think the skywhale from Alien Worlds was a flying creature which fed off algae on the thermals, through a filter.
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i made a flying critter like that for a personal project several years ago, it's a fun idea but getting it into the air was difficult since it was a project in which i refused to give anything legs.


the crescent head idea that is...
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