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| Topic Started: Jun 1 2008, 11:55 AM (1,090 Views) | |
| Giant Blue Anteater | Jun 1 2008, 11:55 AM Post #1 |
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Here are my extraterrestrials I have created:![]() This alien is called the bog dweller (Phytophagidon arachnopus). It can reach up to 12 inches, or 30 centimeters in length. It lives on a planet with slightly lower gravity than on Earth. It bears ten legs, a common trait for all vertebrates on the home planet. It eats local bog plants with four jaws which are actually derived from tooth-tipped tentacles. The anus is located on its chest. Bog dwellers have a small tube pointing anteriorly. This is the breathing tube. It can also vocallize with this tube. The reproductive organs are located at the posterior tip. They are protected by a sheath. It has eight eyes. The anterior pairs are bifocal, while the posterior pairs are peripheral. Despite being 'vertebrates', the bog dwellers' kind are actually less significant, and play the role of small animals on Earth, such as insects. ![]() This is the bog proboscigrazer (Octopetherium rhodopisthi). It is a two meter long invertebrate creature that walks on eight legs that consist of muscle. However, the legs are not as stiff as the megasquid from The Future is Wild thanks to the lower gravity on the home world. It is an herbivore that eats the aquatic plants in the bog. The mouth is in the form of a radial, ten-toothed orifice. The teeth are adapted to cut up the plants it eats. It has four peripheral eyes with horizontal pupils, giving it a sharp image. The two appenages near the mouth are touch receptors, primarily used to find 'moss' and other aquatic plants in the water. On the head, there is a tymphanic membrane that allows the animal to hear. The two hairy tentacles you see on its head are olfactory receptors. They work similarly like certain insects' antennae. It breathes through its mouth. The anus is at the posterior end of this animal. The proboscigrazer in this picture is a female. She is currently in-heat. Behind a posterior pair of legs, you may notice a swelling organ. During the mating season, the females external genitalia swell with bright color. This serves as a sexual signal to males (who are aroused by this). Once the the female has mated, her external genitalia stops swelling. The bog proboscigrazer is ovoviviparous, meaning that the eggs hatch inside the womb. The litter can consist of three babies. They are not fully formed, and they swim in the water until they are adults. ![]() This animal is a Paludosusichthys. It is a ten foot long predator that hunts bog dwellers. It does not have any true jaws, but it has four tooth-tipped tentacles. The left and right tentacles have an opposable 'thumb' that aids in seizing prey. It has ten fins that move in a wave-like pattern, and the 'tail' (which consists entirely of flesh) is for balance. It has a genital sheath, just like all other 'vertebrates', and the anus is located on the chest area as well. It breathes through ten gill slits. ![]() This animal is a Clocazoon. It is a four centimeter long creature that dwells in shallow waters. It commonly digs the sand for any food bits, and the sand is expelled from three holes hidden in a fold that seperates the head and the body. The orange head contains mainly the pharynx and gill slits while the yellow slender body contains the digestive system. It has four pairs of photoreceptive patches that do nothing else but distinguish light and dark. When naming this animal, I didn't know what to call it, but since it vaguely resembles a bell, I called it a Clocazoon. And this in no way is related to the 'vertebrates'. |
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| Crembaw | Jul 1 2008, 04:19 PM Post #2 |
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I actually really like the feel to these! They feel both alien and recognizable at the same time, which is a bit more comforting and fun to create or look at than others. |
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| Livyatan | Jul 1 2008, 07:41 PM Post #3 |
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What about them seems recognizable? Its not that I am disagreeing with you, its just that nothing recognizable comes to mind when I look at them. |
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| Crembaw | Jul 1 2008, 07:49 PM Post #4 |
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They just remind me of things. The aquatic one, for example, reminds me of a Coelecanth. |
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| Sliver Slave | Sep 14 2008, 10:30 PM Post #5 |
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I'm going back to basics.
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How long has this been here? Me likey. |
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Something is upsetting the ostriches. Spoiler: click to toggle | |
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| Giant Blue Anteater | Jan 28 2009, 12:35 PM Post #6 |
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I am reviving this thread after being dead for almost several months I am currently making a creature that evolved from some sort of cephalopod-like creature, and has three 'segments'; the cephalic segment, the body segment, and the caudal segment. It's mouth is a sheath containing teeth attached to tentacles. I'll post an unfinished drawing soon. I would like some suggestions and thoughts about this idea. |
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| ashwinder | Mar 5 2009, 08:53 PM Post #7 |
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I guess they remind me of some cambrian species such as Opabinia and Hallucigenia. I really like your ideas by the way, being a primate-fan I like the use of sexual-swellings! One question, why have you chosen to have two sexes akin to male/female? I've always wondered about whether sexes would be similar or even exist on other planets. |
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| Giant Blue Anteater | Mar 6 2009, 09:15 PM Post #8 |
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Because that would be easy to evolve, although there may be cool adaptations out there. Besides, animals on Snaiad have two genders (male and female), but once again there could be cool adaptations amongst the other animals or on other planets. Edited by Giant Blue Anteater, Mar 6 2009, 09:15 PM.
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