Basically, I'm looking for IDEAS AND CONCEPTS OF WILDLIFE

Flying jellyfish that are tamed and used by the other races like hot air balloons.

They eat by trapping insects in their tentacles.

>>2278002
By any chances do they tentacles glow in the dark, luring insects to it?

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>>2278000
Nice digits.

A big part of /tg/ is world building discussion, I would post there as well.

>>2278009
Thanks, its always nice to get trips.

I must confess I was not sure whether to post here or there, but since I wanted a thread specific about wildlife and nature, I thought here could be more adequate. Especially because people here probably know more about real wildlife anyway, and might have a better insight about fauna/flora interaction as well.

I also posted it here instead of /tg/ because I thought people here would go more in the direction I wanted. More in an approach of really thinking how things would work out, instead of just having crazy ideas that makes no sense. I wanted something that is cool and interesting, but also plausible (within its own reality).

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There are books about speculative evolution, you could check them out for inspiration. They often discuss evolutionary trends and what kinds of characteristics are beneficial for animals. I feel like they could help you come up with ideas for imaginary creatures and their lifestyles.

"After Man: A Zoology of the Future" shows an Earth where mankind has gone extinct. Domestic animals have perished with them, rats have grown in size and evolved into carnivorous predators, and rabbits have grown as well, taking over the ecological niches of large terrestrial herbivores.

"Expedition" by Wayne Douglas Barlowe shows the ecosystem of an alien planet. The creatures in it were born under different circumstances than life on Earth, and they have some very odd features because of that. They made a TV special based on it too.

Then there are things like "Avatar - the Last Airbender". That show had pretty much just existing animals slapped together to form various kinds of hybrid creatures, like for example turtle-ducks or platypus-bears. There's not a lot of thought put into how it works, it's just cartoon character designers having fun. If you want a lighter and more simple approach, this one's good enough and easy to work with. I'm not sure how fitting it's for heavier world-building though, it felt a little odd in Avatar sometimes.

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"Animalia Paradoxa" by Linnaeus goes over possible cryptids from his time, which he tried to rationalize into actual lifeforms. It could be a useful starting point for your ideas.

Take the dragon for instance; he was skeptical of its existance, but speculated that it might have been related to gliding lizards or rays. Just imagine what kind of creatures you could make out of that idea alone.

>>2278035
I could try to check some of those :) thanks for the advise/suggestions

Also, I feel like the animal idea in the picture is just a weird-looking Kangaroo...

>>2278039
Nah, highly derived rodent of some sort.

>>2278038
Cryptids are an interesting subject!

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>>2278039
It's a descendant of gerbils, with a kangaroo-ish posture and a camel-like habit of storing fat in order to live in arid desert conditions. The creature's from After Man, and the book discusses how certain traits can pop up in convergent evolution. Like for example the streamlined body with fins turns up with sharks, dolphins and ichthyosaurs, even though they're unrelated. The book uses some frequently-occurring traits and gives them to various animal types. Some of the speculative animals seem outlandish, while some look pretty believable.

There's also recently been this paleo-art trend where artists speculate more about the possible lifestyles of extinct animals. I think it started with the book "All Yesterdays", which discussed popular trends in dinosaur art. It got this sequel book "All Your Yesterdays", which was pretty good too. The first book costs money but the second one is available for free on the publisher's website, and it has more pages/art. IMO these books show how to use your imagination a bit more. They encourage you to try new things instead of limiting yourself too much and sticking with safe, traditional portrayals. I think you could look up these books; some of their ideas on dinosaurs could be applied to dragons, for example.

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Mechanical animals.

>>2278000
If you're trying to create interesting wildlife start from the bottom of the food chain and work your way up. Have animals that specialize in catching specific things and give appropriate adaptations for that purpose. I'd start with the fauna and slowly work my way into a few different niches of the bio sphere (like the bugs that like a specific flower to eat or lay eggs on, the insectivore that eats them and so on). If you like the results that method produces, keep using it, but if you feel it's too much work, drop it and think of cool sit on your own. A good point to make is that extremely specialized hunters don't tend to be really successful, but animals that can hunt many more things with moderate success tend to have a larger population and gene pool.

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>>2278000

Try these fellas.

http://speculativeevolution.wikia.com/wiki/Predator_Rats

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>>2278008
Eosapiens pls go

Keep in mind with food animals that herbivores make the best meat and carnivores generally aren't good eating. The less meat in the animals diet the better. From the teeth in the OP picture, it looks like it wouldn't taste the best, probably not enough to have big farms for the meat although the leather could make sense

>>2278000
Dildo worms!

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>>2278054
Not sure how I feel about the desert rat-roo thingy, but I definitely like some sort of bird-like dinosaur. I liked the concept of both of them. (the one with the shitty defense mechanism isn't that cool, but I guess it makes sense)

>>2278055
Not sure I have room for mechanic animals =( There isn't much mech stuff in my fiction world

>>2278065
That seems like a good method for a really complicate and complex ecosystem, but I'm afraid it might be too much effort for me =/ I rather think about different species, and then think how the different species living in the same habitat would interact.

>>2278069
Someone really likes the idea of huge rats :P On your mind, you think a huge rodent would be more likely to be carnivorous, herbivorous or omnivorous? Btw, since we are on the subject, what your thoughts on capybaras?

>>2278074
That: http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Eosapien?

>>2278077
The idea concerning that specific subspecies (the Brown Gnarr, the one people actually have in farms) is that it has mostly a herbivorous diet, pretty much eating grass and leaves if those are available. However when vegetation is scarce, it might take the role of a predator and attack other animals (or even humanoids) and eat meat. But mainly, the ones raised in farms are taken to pasture and kept in a herbivorous diet.

They are not exactly supposed to taste that good, but basically they are one of the few animals (if not the only one) that could be raised in farms for meat on some regions. Actually part of the concept is that hungry/starving Gnarr have a very awful tasting meat. I hadn't related that with the animal's consumption of meat themselves, but it might be an interesting explanation (at least part of it).

So basically, yeah, the ones raised in farms are fed grass so they don't taste as bad.

pic related: the eastern Gnarr, a more docile subspecie

small playfull plesiosaurs about the size and intelligence level as a porpoise

Raptors

Mammoths,Whooly rhinos and elasmotherium

Whooly rhinos used as beasts of burden to tow karts similar to oxes, takins or horses

edible Vinegaroons about the size of your hand with the same colouration as cherax pulcher

sentient creatures about 50cm tall from another dimention whose bodies look like fly amanita that have short stubby arms and tend to trade a lot or start small buisnesses

Blue banded bees that form actual beehives

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>>2278118
>small playfull plesiosaurs about the size and intelligence level as a porpoise
That is actually cool. I like the idea of small playfull thingys. If I google the correct term, those are water animals, aren't them? Would those tiny thingys be found in lakes, rivers or/and seacost?

>Raptors
I don't really dig raptors much. I'm initially trying to keep dinosaurs out of the world. (a bit ironic compared to my opinion on the previous suggestion, but that's that)

>Mammoths,Whooly rhinos and elasmotherium
>Whooly rhinos used as beasts of burden to tow karts similar to oxes, takins or horses
Not much favorable about the Mammoths. About the whooly rhinos/elasmotherium, there is already an animal similar to those: it is basically a massive rhino used both for by the nomad people of the desert as both mounting, milking and basically carrying huge amount of shit around. They are not that whooly/hairy, and their fur resembles the one of a cow.

Farmers in the same continent might also use them on the farms, for both milking and beast-of-burdening. In my mind, they would not be used much as a source of meat, primarily because they have a long lifespan and it would take too long to get them to adulthood to them harvest the meat.

Also, they are slightly inspired on Warcraft franchise's Kodo. (pic related, somehow)

>edible Vinegaroons about the size of your hand with the same colouration as cherax pulcher
Interesting idea. Could you tell me more about it? Also, what sort of habitat this things would live?

>sentient creatures about 50cm tall from another dimention whose bodies look like fly amanita that have short stubby arms and tend to trade a lot or start small buisnesses
I'm not looking for sentient creatures, specially ones enough to do trade or even start a small business =/

>Blue banded bees that form actual beehives
Is that just a normal bee with blue ass? Anything more you would add about it?

>>2278000
OP, you need some kind of way to organize all this. Make yourself a sheet or something with labels for niches in the ecosystem. Apex predator, grazer, migratory birds, etc. What's your setting?

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>>2278227
I do need to have a better system to organize this shit. Can you give more detail about your suggestion on how to do it? My initial thought was just to have one or more .doc file describing the wildlife, probably divided by continent/region.

> What's your setting?
Like I said, its my own setting. Its a massive world with different habitats, so it does have space for basically an infinite amount of different ideas. The setting is of medieval fantasy, inspired a bit by things like Azeroth (Warcraft) and Westeros (Game of Thrones).

pic related, this is an old concept of the world (several years old), but kind of sums it.

> migratory birds
Migratory birds are interesting. Any ideas about that? In fact I think I have only thought about 1 type of bird so far, and they are not migratory at all :P

>>2278237
Populate by habitat.

Your characters are going to care the most about dangerous predators and food species that they're competing with predators over. Remember that your magical animals need a reason for why and how they fit an ecosystem without completely fucking destroying it.

Remember that you need a separate list for this stuff day/night, and divide by habitat

Apex predator: cave bears, crocodiles, sharks, owls, whales etc
scavenger/opportunist predator: jackals, racoons
specialist predators: cats, anglerfish, osprey, trapdoor spider
Browsers: giraffes, goats, monkeys, elephants
herbivores (as in eats plants off the ground but not trees): sheep, parasaurolophus,
grazers: sea urchins, angelfish, horses,
eats tubers and underground shit: ceratopsians, rhinos, pigs
burrowers/cavedwelling: burrowing owls, giant worms, moles, prairiedogs, excavator gobie, giant oozes
specialist herbivores: parrotfish, angelfish, panda

"swarming" creatures make good food. Fish, birds, locusts, etc

>>2278267
I kind of feel its better to just have ideas and place them on whatever habitat they would fit better. I get your approach and how it would help thinking about all the different roles animals play in the ecosystem, but there's a thing...

In my experience so far with this sort of creative thing, I have come to conclusion that whenever you have a gap to fill, it narrows my creativity and usually the outcome isn't as cool as it could be. So I rather have a bunch of random ideas and place them where they fit better, and THEN, when there is enough idea and placing becomes too hard, try to fill the gaps.

This work pattern has been good to me so far. For instance, I used a similar approach when designing my own Hearthstone (card game) set. Basically, I have free random ideas for a while, place them where they belong, and then have "auxiliar ideas" which are not that interesting but feel the gaps.

>>2278267
Also, I forgot to ask. Is this "division" you posted like a real division of wildlife? I know of course terms like "apex predator" and "scavenger", but didn't know much of the others.

My question is: does every ecosystem have at least a few on each of those "roles"?

Check out the future is wild (the old documentary). Basically exactly what you'd want

>>2278369
I might do! A lot more likely for me to watch documentaries then read books at this point in my life.

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>>2278000
>odd mutant lizard
>bighorn sheep horns copy+pasted on
Fucking avoid this. Give it something more unique or else it just looks like a picture from a bible picture book telling children that dinosaurs were wiped out because they were evil satanic monsters.

tl;dr don't copy+paste Earth animal features together to make a hodgepodge lazy "alien," draw your own shit

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>>2278590
Not sure if you grasped that concept, but it is a fantasy world, not a sci-fi world. In other words, its not about aliens from a totally different ecosystem, but about different animals in an ecosystem that is not that different from Earth's.

> It can be a mixture of different animals/plants (as a gryphon is a lion+eagle thingy), complete random ideas, or simply suggestion of rare real-life animals (extincted or not)
So yeah, I don't really mind if its not that different from real life animals, or even if it is a real life animal. One of the animals I got so far is called Huntercat, but its basically just a jaguar/leopard. Really, its just the real animal with another name. That's ok too.

Furthermore:
>not only looking for the animal's physiology, but also behavior and interaction
So basically, its not just about how the animals and plants look, but also their behavior and interaction with other forms of life. :) looks are not everything

And finally, if I thought all my ideas were good enough I wouldn't make a threat about it :) the reason I made this threat is that I could hear new and interesting ideas, and maybe discuss the ideas already mentioned (either by me or by other people)

So maybe you could instead of saying the current ideas are just shit, maybe actually give some new and awesome idea? :D

pic related -> its a Gnarr, or lizardbeast

>>2278219
Raptors can be done right if you do them in a more modern fashion. The fully feathered, super birdlike sort with no JP influence has almost never been depicted. The idea of a agile and deadly toothy bird-beast also is pretty damn cool.
Bonus points if you don't call them raptors.

>>2278219
>If I google the correct term, those are water animals, aren't them? Would those tiny thingys be found in lakes, rivers or/and seacost?

The probably lived in open water in the ocean, hunting fish. various myths about lake monsters also look like plesiosaurs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgFI8d72WMk

>edible Vinegaroons about the size of your hand with the same colouration as cherax pulcher
Interesting idea. Could you tell me more about it? Also, what sort of habitat this things would live?
Either forrest or Desert enviorment your choice i suppose, they hunt other insects and taste like shrimp (in real life they probably wont so i suggest not to eat a real vinegaroon), they might scavage recently dead animals to and are highly territorial and canibalistic towards each other when food is scarce, they also raise young together in pairs but will leave eachother to look for other partners when the young can live on their own they are often caught using small pitfall traps by locals and either fried or cooked

this is a real vinegaroon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJf-2h2VpbM

just imagine it larger, edible and with the same coloration of this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Cherax_pulcher_43003_(1).jpg

>Is that just a normal bee with blue ass? Anything more you would add about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gDl34dfCow this is a real life Blue Banded bee, just have them actually make colonies and store and make honey, perhaps have the honey have slightly hallucinogenic like the honey from Himalayan honey bees, or have the hive both contain male and female workers instead of just female to set them appart a little more from real life honey bees

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>>2278700
Yeah, I know it can be done :) I'm just not really much into it. World of Warcraft, which is one of my main influences, has raptors, and sometimes its cool, but I don't think its the sort of thing I'm looking for.

Although a more bird-like version, or bird-beast as you put it, is a lot more appealing to me. The guy from >>2278054 posted some bird thingys, and the one dust bathing looks pretty badass. I like the concept of a feathery bird-raptor, but I would rather have it with beak instead of normal raptor maw.

Like a crossbreeding between a cassowary and a conventional raptor could be something interesting.

>>2278703
have regular Raptors, but have them fill in the niche of Foxes or Coyotes instead of pack hunters as in most popular media

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>>2278701
That is all too awesome!

>The probably lived in open water in the ocean, hunting fish. various myths about lake monsters also look like plesiosaurs
You (assuming it was you) previously said the were small and playfull, that is why I assumed maybe they lived in lakes or by the cost, so they could actually interact with humanoids to show they "playfull" behavior. I would picture those living in the middle of the ocean to be larger. Please feel free to tell anything else about those things!

Also, can you think of any additional feature that could be added so they could feel a little more unique?

>edible Vinegaroons about the size of your hand with the same colouration as cherax pulcher
I REALLY like those. I didn't know neither animals so I googled them, but I think I picture them in my mind exactly as you wanted. I'm definitely going to add those on my desert continent, I think they would feel nice there. Btw, do they have venom? I superficially read that they don't, and I pictured them without any venom (so basically being a tasty snack).

>Blue Banded bee
Anything else to add about those? What sort of habitat you thing those could live in? Also, I really like the idea of hallucinogenic honey.

>>2278706
I think that if I'm going with raptors, I'm sticking with the bird-like ones, and likely as a sole hunter. Something like a ground eagle.

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>>2278074
kek

>>2278707
have the plesiosaurs live in the sea between north baauhl and vahstara, they live in small groups of 1 male and a few females and their young, they have a slighlty larger head and slightly shorter more robust neck compared to their real life counterpart, be about 2 and a half meter long with big individuals up to 4 meters long, they often forage for fish together and play with the slightly smaller harbour porpoises the males could be coloured like a species of tropical fish

>Btw, do they have venom? I superficially read that they don't, and I pictured them without any venom (so basically being a tasty snack).

they are not venomous or poisonous, but real life vinegaroons do release a foul tasting liquid that smells like vinegar when treathened so i guess that you could redcon that into them having a small bladder in their body that is used to spray vinegar to mark their territory with for other vinegaroons to see

>Anything else to add about those? What sort of habitat you thing those could live in?
Forrests and grasslands where cliffsides and trees are in the fascinity, they may also live in desert areas aslong as flowering plants and trees are abundant in their enfiorment

another idea is having a few species of bee that are all related to the blue banded bee like one might life higher up in mountains and be smaller, isnt as brighlty coloured and way more agrassive.

a few other animal ideas you might like are payaras, in river systems and river deltas and mangroves, further fish might include stereotypical Goldfish, tench, Convict cichlid,Tilapia,Aligator Gar and Australian bass

small animals that might be cool to add could include chinchillas, sugar gliders, Desert cottontail and Lace Monitors (Varanus varius)

JellyFishes that glow in bright colours during night time that live in the oceans

Atlantic spadefish,Coelacanth, sharks and Herring as main ocean fishes

Ammonites that are about 50cm in diameter
Landcrocs that basically live like solitary Hyenas

a few species of Turtles

Giant Vultures that Stand as tall as a man and are known to sometimes hunt sheep, small mammals and even kids but usually try to stay out of trouble

Barn owls that slightly look like Grey aliens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF7KtR_nuZc

a field that some ancient battle took place and is haunted by the spirits of dead soldiers and their Tanks

Redwood Trees that grow up to 200 meters tall

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So much good info/details
>>2278750
> have the plesiosaurs live in the sea between north baauhl and vahstara
By that you mean that "inner" sea between the continents? Also, any thoughts on why they would live there and not go to other parts of the ocean?

> real life vinegaroons do release a foul tasting liquid that smells like vinegar when treathened
I don't have much against that, but I might keep them without the foul smelling/tasting liquid

> they may also live in desert areas aslong as flowering plants and trees
I thought placing them on a part of the desert continent known as the "wetlands", where there is actually water and vegetation (as a agglomerate of oasis). I thought it would go nice.

> blue banded bee like one might life higher up in mountains
There is a massive mountain on the desert countinet (center bottom), which is just south of where I was planning having the bees. Maybe the ones that make their hives there might be that second type

> small animals that might be cool to add
and most of >>2278754
I need to google all of those names (english is not my native language so I know less animal names than I would like to). Sadly, my lunchbreak is over and I need to get back to work now, so I will do that later

> Redwood Trees that grow up to 200 meters tall
Funny thing, that kind of already exists. With exactly the same name, although I call it "Redwood Pinetree". They can be found on that valley north of "The Green Sea", which actually is called Violet Vale because the leaves of the Redwood Pinetree makes the place looks violet from afar (the wood from the tree is redish though)

Look up the oriental hornet. It's able to use solar energy to produce electricity.

Also the slug Elysia chlorotica steals genes from algae in order to engage in photosynthesis.

I don't have any specific ideas, but if you're going to take inspiration from real-world animals, those are some cool ones to look into.

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>>2278000
saw this today
what u guys think?

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>>2278703
This is Anzu wyliei, a dinosaur that lived along T.rex. pretty much matches the cassowary/raptor cross you described. It looks far more benign than a dromaeosaur like dakotaraptor, probably behaved like that too based on its diet.
I imagine it would work well as an exotic riding animal or so.

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>>2278837
Also here's what I think is a good depiction of raptors. In this image, they don't look all too threatening, aside from their blood-smeared mouths. Their teeth and hands (which sported some gnarly ass claws) are hidden. They're just wading in the water.
These are ambush predators. Imagine them sneaking up on their prey, looking fairly harmless, then suddenly leaping into action, nailing their prey down with their foot claws and tearing it to shreds with their hand claws and teeth.

>>2278825
uneducated Photoshopping at best
uninspired memery at worst

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>>2278000

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>>2278000
Fill your fantasy world with good cheer.

>>2278590
>don't copy+paste Earth animal features together to make a hodgepodge lazy "alien," draw your own shit

Why is that bad tho? I'm on the opinion that to find inspiration for alien shit you don't even need to leave the planet.

>>2278921
old but gold.

OP here:
>>2278837
>>2278844
I think that's enough focus on bird-raptors if you ask me :P I still don't think its the sort of animal I'm looking for.

>>2278934
The fuck is that? Seems like some alien or something that would live in another planet.

>>2279015
Kind of agree with this guy, specially after hearing stuff like what this guy said >>2278800

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>>2278797
>any thoughts on why they would live there and not go to other parts of the ocean?

bigger more agressive animals

>I thought placing them on a part of the desert continent known as the "wetlands", where there is actually water and vegetation (as a agglomerate of oasis). I thought it would go nice. the rest of the island still needs pollunators tho for flowering plants to occur

Lanternbugs.
Males are inch long firefly beetles.
Females are the size of a baseball.
The males fly around looking for a mate, and tend to get eaten by the females.
Females cannot fly. They climb up the trunks of trees, open their wing covers and glow bright orange in slow pulses to attract males. They feed on tree sap but also once mated they eat the male, then continue to glow to attract more for eating. They cannot produce eggs without eating at least a half dozen males.
If a female is blinded (like with a purpose-made little cloth hood) she will not glow in pulses, but instead glow in near constant brightness. The constant glow does not attract males, and an unmated, hooded female is content to sit in a jar, or tied to a spot on the wall, lapping up collected sap or sugarwater and glowing like a 60watt bulb until winter, when she naturally dies.

>>2279260
Hey mate, just thought about something that could be problem with those thingys. Basically, the people who live on the western margin of that sea are a bunch of dickheads that gives a fuck about natural resources, so its very likely that if those things lived there, that they would hunt them down to extinction =( bad humans

>>2279275
I like this very much. What sort of habit you picture them in?

>>2279307
well, you could always place them somewhere else, where they are still sheltered from bigger sea animals for the most part Mangroves and small harbours and shallow coastal inhams for example. in the real life Harbour porpoises from northern europe canada and the uppermost parts of the US for example. shallow river deltas and seas with warmer climates could for example be populated by the small plesiosaurs and the colder shallow salt and brakish water be populated by Harbour Porpoises with some places where both species overlap and hunt together

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>>2279375
I might place them on the ocean between South Baauhl and Garoadakan. Most of those islands are not inhabited by any men, and the ones that are, are inhabited by fishmen villages which could an interesting interaction with such creatures. (like some fishmen have with Dolphins).

I have a few further questions about those:

1) How do you feel about those having a spiked shell? (yes, kind of like the Lapras pokemon)

2) They eat fish? If they do so, is their diet made solely of fish? How about eating algas and shit like that?

3) Any ideas for a name for them? Preferably something not dinosaur-sounding.

also, pic related: from what you described, that would be as big as they would get?

>>2279403
Other plesiosaur genera could grow substantially larger.
Also you might wanna think of pliosaurs too as they were also a form of plesiosaur, but with their short necks and large heads more geared towards hunting larger prey.

As we're at the subject of marine reptiles, I also think Ichthyosaurs were also pretty neat. In terms of behaviour, it could be notable that they had some pretty huge eyes, probably well suited for low-light conditions.
I'm imagining grey, famished looking ichthyosaurs swimming in some dark, creepy place with huge black eyes that could be mistaken for holes in their heads.

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>>2279426
>plesiosaur
>pliosaurs
>Ichthyosaurs

I actually don't want to go much dinosaur on this

>>2279403
>>2279403
>How do you feel about those having a spiked shell? (yes, kind of like the Lapras pokemon)

i wouldnt go for that approach personally, but it might look cool, perhaps do something along the lines of a leatherback seaturtle, with a small, broad dorsal-fin like ridge above the shoulders

>2) They eat fish? If they do so, is their diet made solely of fish? How about eating algas and shit like that?

appart from small fish, they could also eat crab, shrimp,squid and maybe fallen fruit in mangrove areas

3) plesiosaur or nessie sounds right for them tho. maybe name them after the region where they live/ore are associated with the most

>also, pic related: from what you described, that would be as big as they would get?

i inmagined something as big as that that but with a slightly bigger head and a slightly shorter, more robust neck

>>2279439
none of those three where dinosaurs tho

>>2279307
Deciduous forest, maybe tied to a kind of tree with high-sugar sap, with a different species specialized on a particular kind of cactus or cactus-like plant in a desert.

>>2278084
did you create this artwork?

>>2279445
Cool! Though I still don't like either names, to be honest. I thought about something like "seastrider" for name, but I'm not 100% about the "strider" word (I'm not native to english)

>>2279446
All of their names end with "aur". That is already too much dinosaur for me

>>2279485
About those lanternbugs, I really like the idea of being able to actually use them a natural lantern. What sort of race you think would use them for that? Wood elves, or humans?

>>2279689
No, I did not. I'm sorry if there was any impression that I might have been the author of any artwork. The only thing I actually draw myself was the >>2278237 map, which is kind of obvious due the fact it looks shit.

>>2278084
Glade Gnarr a pretty.

>Hadrosaur + Deer
Yes, please.

Great Desert Strider

Gigantic daddy-long-legs type creature that can have a legspan several hundred yards across yet has a central body only about the size of a car. Body pattern is also radially symmetric like a starfish and always has an odd number of legs.

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>>2280458
Is that a crime?

>>2280472
Gotta be honest with you, didn't like it that much =/ not saying its a bad idea, I just don't feel like it. Its not the sort of thing I want in my universe =( At least not as you described

Sorry

>>2280472
one big problem for a creature like that is pumping blood around the body and feeding aswell as moving around, the legs are costing more energy than what they are worth and are higly exposed to everything from ticks and lice, rodents up to much bigger predators

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>>2280472
>>2280476
perhaps compromise and add Pachyloidellus goliath? its a harvestmen spider with a body size about as large as the last digit in your thumb. you could diferentiate them from the real life animal by having them be highly poisonous to eat, and as a horror factor, they are known to crawl into your mouth while you sleep.

>>2280486
That shit actually looks cool. I like those back legs.

>>2279215
This >>2278934 is a cliffracer from Elder Scrolls Oblivion I believe.

>>2278008
Why is there Nightmare Moon in the moon? Back to /mlp/ with you, horsefucker.

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>>2280891
pic related: that dude could have posted a concept art instead of that shit image lol

>>2280906
I think that might be a mlp artwork, probably I cropped the stupid ponies out. It was the best jellyfish+flying+glowing thing I could find in the first 5 seconds, that is why I used it

>>2280906
Btw I have no fucking idea how you found out that shit is related to mlp

seriously wtf

whatever detail you spot that made you realize it was from mlp tells me you are the horsefucker around here.

>>2278237
>Green Hills
you need some hedgehogs

>>2281092
Normal hedgehogs? Interesting hedgehogs? Can you give me some ideas? :)

Sand worms. Huge worms (really evolved snakes) that burrow under and sometimes dirt, eating other burrowing animals and plant roots. They are ridiculously good at sensing vibration and scent, and can be tamed as sort of a hunting dog. They can't survive for more than an hour or two on the surface or they could die of dehydration

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>>2281114
Being tamable gives it a special touch. How "easy" is to tame one? Does tamed sandworms behave as pet, or the maximum someone can tame one is to just learn to chase a scent? Also, how does that scent works underground? (where the air can't help spreading the scent)

Also, about the dehydration: you mean during the day, right? Would it then be able to come to the surface during the night? Because dehydration is likely because of sunlight, therefore not being an issue during night time.

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>>2278000

>>2281848
That is more like a magical beast rather than an animal. I'm looking for more "natural" stuff.

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>>2282916

>>2282907
>>2282915
>>2282916
>>2282924
Those are weird, but some of them are quite cool!

>>2281120
Not as a pet, but more like how people use mountain lions for hunting. You could teach many things with enough effort and they're about as smart as a rat. Scent works underground because when animals dig, they leave residue behind as a trail in the dirt. They "sniff " the dirt and follow the residue trail. And yes, they can do alright at night.

Roach rat
Large, kind of aggressive (you don't mess with them it doesn't mess with you) rats that have evolved a tough exoskeleton from fur. If you can kill one, it makes great armor. Only weakness is the belly for females when they're pregnant/nursing, and the eyes for both. They can survive nearly everywhere

>>2283900
also, the females drop their belly plate a week after a successful mating, and they're about the size of a short deer

>>2283904
Shit, meant to reply to the roach rat

>>2283891
they are 19th century repressentations of prehistoric mammals,dinosaurs, sea reptiles,amonites and mammal-like reptiles.

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>>2283900
I like the idea of them as hunting companions, mostly because I rarely see worms with that role.

> mountain lions for huntin
Not sure what exactly you mean though. Do you have any link so I could read about it? I would like to know more. Also, feel free to add anything else about those

Also, just random comment. It was a mind blow for me when I found that "mountain lion" was the same name for: puma, cougar, brown jaguar, suçuarana. Damnit, that shit has so many names.

>>2283903
>>2283904
>>2283909
Sounds like that thingy from HIMYM (pic related). I liked that you pointed out some sexual dimorphism. Do you have a cool name for those things?

>They can survive nearly everywhere
These means you might find those beasts on cities? Because unless there is a underground sewer or something, I don't see how those things can live in a city lol

>>2284005
Interesting :D

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Sounds like you want more designs like Star Wars/Terryl Whitlatch, in which case I would suggest to look her up. My current idol; I just bought four of her books and they're quite amazing with general creature design, animal anatomy, placement within their ecosystem, story, etc.
A lot of her creatures are either "chimeras" (combination of a few animals) or "unique creatures" (may be a combination or not; creatures have been blended so much that it's a new creature).

She also has a free online curriculum for creature design: https://imaginationinternationalinc.com/creatures-of-amalthea/

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>>2279426
>forgets mosasaur
Why? They're cool as hell

>>2278921
I don't get it.

>>2285512
I can't find anything online about that mountain lion one, but I've heard a few stories.
And while they can survive in cities, they're mostly reasonably delt with by that cities pest control. Though the city ones are much more tolerant of humans than their wild counterpart.

The best name I've come up with them was just roachrats.

>>2285512
>>2285512
For looks, id say a cross between a giant pangolian with plates instead of scales, and gambian pouched rat. They're called roach rats because they're nearly every where, and their armor has a cockroach like color

>>2278055
This is actually possible, to a certain degree. Silicon life can evolve in certain environments, same as carbon life (us) evolved here on earth.

Isn't there a short animated disney video explaining possible life on Mars where it demonstrated that?

>>2278700
Call them flying basilisks. People domesticated them ages ago because when a female lays her fertilized eggs she also lays some "dummy" eggs that aren't fertilized. Thus, if a predator raids the nest, the fertilized eggs have a greater chance of surviving. And if no predator raids the nest, then the hatchlings can eat the unfertilized eggs, thus guaranteeing them a first meal, no matter how scarce the hunting/fruit is.

So the farmers gained a nice meaty lizard bird for meat, an endless supply of unfertilized eggs, and awesome feathers/teeth for making arrows. Plus, the claws can be whittled down and holes drilled into them for making barbed fish hooks.

Not only that, but because they are related to basilisk predators like foxes rarely make a successful raid in the coop, because the feathered basilisks will gang up on them, one freezes them with a gaze, while the others tear it apart and eat it. But because they have been domesticated, they get along perfectly fine with other fowl as long as they are raised around them from an early age, such as chickens and geese. They will even adopt orphaned chicks of any species if their is enough food to raise them all.

>>2278825
>orcas that can walk on land
>carnivorous elephants

NO. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST NO.

>>2279215
Giant daddy long legs the size of large goats that people keep as pets. When young they are the size of small cats, and hunt vermin like mice and rats, so they were domesticated to protect crops and such. But once they are old enough and stop growing, thus no longer needing protein to develop properly, they can be weaned to a diet of grass, grains, vegetables, the occasional fruit, and eggshells (gotta keep that exoskeleton strong!) They only need an extra bit of protein in their diet when full grown in order to properly develop sperm and eggs.

When full grown and of breeding age they are surprisingly strong when the weight is evenly distributed across their backs so that no one leg carries to much of a load, thus they can be used as pack animals. However, they suck terribly at pulling anything, their long thin legs snap like a twig if the force they are pulling is horizontal, so people still have to use horses for carts and wagons.

When breeding the males will weave beautiful fluffy bowers to attract females. And when the female is fertilized she will lay her eggs within the bower and use her own silk to seal it up. Once the eggs hatch the silk can be harvested and woven into fine cloth.

>>2279375
There is a species of purely fresh water dolphins that live entirely within the Amazon Rain Forest if I am remembering correctly.

I shit you not, they are naturally solid pink. But they are still alive today, despite the fact that their color makes them stand out like a sore thumb to any hungry meat eater. Maybe google how the fuck they manage to succeed at that, and apply it to your critters?

>>2279829
Just have the locals give them cute names, like "sparkleback" or "flipflappers" due to water glistening off of them in the sunshine as they rise up to the surface to breathe, or the sound they make as they quickly dive back underwater when they are startled.

Or maybe "brighteyes" due to having large adorable eyes that reflect back light in pastel rainbow hues at night from the campfires of people along the beach.

>>2281098
Off the top of my head, I thought of hedgehogs that are identical to hedgehogs IRL, except they grow to be the size of cats, and they shed all of their quills with each season change, just like dogs and cats shed.

These quills can be harvested from the ground or old abandoned lairs, and either ground down to make fine sewing needles, or sharpened to make arrow heads.

>>2278000
Don't have the attention span to read the whole thread to see if somebody's already told you, but you should really focus on designing environments and biomes before creating the creatures who live in it. Just like making characters, it's really the world around them that designs them. They're a product of their environment, not vice versa. If you're really looking for a "realistic" world, i'd suggest learning what you can about evolution and ecology. Ecosystems are unbelievably complex and you couldn't even hope to accurately portray an entire ecosystem, but you can do your best to flesh out climates, geography, plant life, etc. You need to build from the ground up. Build the environment and then decide how creatures might adapt to live there. Deciding what creatures live in an area and THEN making the ecosystem is like furnishing a house before it's built.


>>2286869
So... A porcupine? Evolution's a few steps ahead of you.

>>2286865
i know, but they are butt ugly, harbour porpoises are cute as fuck

poster of >>2278118, >>2278701, >>2278750, >>2278754, >>2279260, >>2287739, >>2279375, >>2279445, >>2279446, >>2280484, >>2280486, >>2284005 and >>2287739
here, are there any niches that still need a proper creature and prey creatures to fullfill that role? i really like the idea of this world,in what type of timeline does it play out exactly?

>>2287233
No, I said identical to RL hedgehogs. As in cute, and can be tamed to make excellent pets. Plus, their quills are completely different. All you need are thick gloves to handle them. Porcupines actively weaponize their quills.

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>>2278000
Permian animals are always weird enough.

Slich.

A (harmless to people) giant hunting leech, usually 8-13 inches long.

Eats worms, other invertebrates and slow/unwary/dead small vertebrates by swallowing them whole.
https://youtu.be/0fGGz6d3vC4

"Slichumper" is an insult comparable to motherfucker, after the alleged act of warming a slich in a pot of water and letting it attempt to swallow one's penis, or even stuff one up one's vagina.

Everybody's heard of somebody that's done this, but nobody has any first hand knowledge.

>>2288579
probably some one on this worlds version of /b/ would do and make a thread about.

>>2288662
probably something someone on this worlds version of /b/ would do and make a thread about.*

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Anyone got an idea for this? The farthest I've ever gotten was that it was purely mammalian and it's scales were made of keratin like the pangolin.

>>2288579
I wonder how would that feel on my dick

This might be useful.
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8041835/1/

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>>2278000
How does a pissing dog sound?

>>2289985
Psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Drip
Drip

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OP here. First of all, sorry for disappearing from my own thread. Got carried away with christmas/new year bullshit

>>2285715
>>2285716
>>2285720

Those are cool. I will check the link when I get some time

>>2285876
>forgets mosasaur
I don't like them much, personally

>>2286815
>>2286817
>They're called roach rats because they're nearly every where
I still don't dig the name though. What about a name like "plated rat" or "armor rat" or anything else related to the fact their exterior armor

>>2286850
I'm politely turning down the idea of metallic wildlife.

>>2286857
Those are some REALLY nice details. I like the idea of something that looks wild and dangerous but can actually be raised as farm animal. I seriously like the shit you just described

Still OP:

>>2286862
I gotta be honest with you... not sure I liked this idea much. Although the idea of vermin-eating spider that coexist with humans is an useful idea

>>2286865
Do those pink dolphins shape shift into male humanoids to bang virgin chicks?

>>2286867
"sparkleback" and "flipflappers" kind of sucks, although "brighteyes" is okay I guess. I also thought about maybe naming them "something+fisher" due the fact they hunt fish. Maybe longfisher?

>>2286869
For arrows, it would be interesting if their quills were poisonous.

>>2287233
Yeah, I think someone already posted something like that. I already have the basic of the ecosystems, I'm now looking for wildlife to furniture the place up

>>2288579
That is actually cool. I mean the overall concept, not the idea of having that shit in my dick

>>2288674
That is pretty cool. The paws and color patterns remind me of a jaguar

>>2289491
>http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8041835/1/
I will check out

>>2287744
Yeah, but there are so many different niches with so many different roles to fill that I'm not sure I would have a specific one to tell you about. But mostly I feel like I'm getting only animal suggestions, and I surely could use some help with different flora ideas :)

The idea of the world is pretty simple really, its just a fantasy world with elves and dwarves and all that sort of shit. What I usually go deeper is into different societies and cultures for the different races, but I also really like biology and I'm starting to think I'm too far behind on that aspect of creation (that being the reason for creating this thread).

>what type of timeline does it play out exactly?
Not sure what you meant exactly by that. Can you explain?

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>>2290703
I think he means like what alternate future does your world take place in. Most people opt for at least one major extinction event either not happening or another group of animals going extinct during it.

Like this picture. It's meant to be a world where the Ordovician extinction never occured and so cephalopods rule the land.

>>2290709
I would never thought of it that way, thanks for explaining. But honestly, not sure if that applies because the whole creation process of the world is highly different from ours.

My fantasy world was not created by natural processes, but rather by the hands of outworld arcane gods, that came to the world to create wonders in it. Previously than that, the world was just a boring place with nothing on, likely just either pure ocean or maybe just some flat landmass.

The arcane gods then came to the world and used their powerful magic to shape the land, creating mountains and lakes and all sort of shit like that. However they ended up using too much arcane magic and it collapsed, an event that took away the arcane powers of the outworld gods, and also woke up ancient gods that were asleep deep under the earth. Those ancient gods, also known as the wild gods, created the wildlife in the world, feeling it with wild creatures and feral beasts.

So different from our world, the wildlife was mostly created magically rather than created through endless evolution along an endless amount of years. What is also relevant to say is that those ancient gods that created the wildlife are not very rational, being rather just mostly god-like animals, so that is why they created so many random creatures with different properties. Also, on top of that, this process was a long time ago (but I'm not sure how long ago), and since them evolution happened naturally. So while some animals might be very alike what the gods originally created, probably most of them are a lot different from their original ancestors.

pic slightly related: different from creationism, there was no intelligent design by the ancient gods because they are all a bunch of savage bestial fucks, and also the wildlife in the current timeline is probably a lot different from what was originally created (evolution and shit)

Hoped that clarified a little bit.

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>>2290720
So you want a "designer world?" Interesting concept, but not really sure how one would pull that off. Perhaps try to make creatures with mechanisms that can't come about naturally, like a harpoon on a predatory animal, or spring-like telescopic structures in a antelope-like animal's legs. Wheeled organisms are always in style, too.

The "Fearsome Critters" might be a good place to start.

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got u op

>I call it green bean of Elestor Somalia
>it eats grass and shit like that but when hungry and needs to survive it will eat other green beans and even dwarfs
>is very intelligent and makes its own clothing

>>2290696
About the slich, I got all caught up thinking about boners. The main aspects of the slich are that they are utterly ubiquitous, eat anything they can swallow, and taste pretty okay if you don't mind that they're a bit rubbery when cooked.

They are the ultimate source of forage protein, like rabbit in the real world but much easier to catch.

They are mildly poisonous if uncooked, nobody's ever died from eating raw slich but they taste astringent and give you stomach cramps and cold sweats.

They are LETHALLY poisonous to birds and reptiles, who would otherwise be their main predators.
Most mammals learn to avoid them unless desperate. Except for dogs, who will happily chow down on slich after slich until they go into convulsions. Then happily nom the next slich they see after they recover.

>>2290703
>what type of timeline does it play out exactly?
>Not sure what you meant exactly by that. Can you explain?

is it this universes timeline purely fantasy or if it also contains modern tech like robots, mechs, rifles etc

>>2286850
>Silicon life can evolve in certain environments, same as carbon life (us) evolved here on earth.
That's absolutely not the same as robot animals.

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>>2278000
>fantasy
How high-magic?

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Fuck my life. When I was about to post my browser crashed and I had to rewrite all this shit

>>2290726
Well, it's not really a "designer world". Even though the world was created by something, the old gods that created the wildlife (plants, animals and most sentient races) are just a bunch of overpowered animals that did it out of instinct. So basically, there was not a single drop of planning into it (and by the "design" definition of "a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made.", there was also no design)

>>2291348
sup dud
gotta be honest with you. I didn't understand your idea at all

>>2291362
I really like your idea and all the details you have worked around it, including the fleshlight functionality. I think that creatures with a lot of details about behavior and interaction with the rest of the ecosystem are WAY better than just "interesting looking" ones.

Btw, not sure if you mentioned this already, but what sort of ecosystem/biome would those sliches live?

>>2291409
>>2291412
Basically its just purely fantasy. No robots, no mechs, no rifles. Even though World of Warcraft is one of my main inspirations, I don't really dig all the technology it has, so my world is very medieval-times in term of technology (pic related, something like that would never exist in my world).

>>2291415
>peacock cat
that looks interesting

>How high-magic?
Not sure how to rate it, but I would place it on average-magic (for fantasy), or perhaps a bit over average. It used to be a lot more magical and shit but then I started to get really into Game of Thrones, and one of the things I really dig is how its low-magic... so in the past years things have become less magical.

Is there a scale for it? I browsed quickly but didn't find in 5 seconds so I gave up. If you know a link about a scaling system, I could read it and rate it accordingly.

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>>2291423
>It used to be a lot more magical and shit
So there might be some stuff that crazy wizards melded together. Yes?

>>2291423
Slich live anywhere that gets at least 20 inches of rain per year.
Slich are bright blood red, they turn dark maroon when cooked.

There's a tropical relative with a limited range that is slightly smaller, but it has a brilliant sky-blue pattern outlined in black on the red background.
These have four needle pointed teeth, actively hunt small mammals in their burrows, and are ridiculously venomous and poisonous.
They're not very well known outside their limited territory, possible a single mountain range above a certain elevation in the rain forest.
A bite from one of these things (assassin worm?) is painless, but causes generalized weakness in about 10 minutes, severe dizziness and shortness of breath in about 20 minutes, progressing to complete paralysis and unconsciousness in about 45 minutes.
Death is usually by asphyxiation from a paralyzed diaphram. Someone could theoretically be kept alive by artificial ventiliation until the venom clears their system in about 12 hours and make a complete recovery, but this may not have been discovered yet, especially if magical poison cures exist.
Assassin worms don't bite unless stepped on or handled roughly. Their teeth can't penetrate shoe leather.
They are toxic to touch as well, but in contrast to the venom, the poison in their skin causes inflamed swelling and prickling nerve pain lasting for hours, handling one too much can cause death from systemic inflamation like anaphylactic shock.
Eating an assassin worm is ill advised.

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>>2291426
>So there might be some stuff that crazy wizards melded together. Yes?
Yes, that is indeed a possibility. But in most cases (like your picture), seems that the outcome of that would just be a magical aberration, and not really a new animal.

So unless the wizard's creation broke free (which is not that rare), and then managed to adapt it to the wilderness and procreate enough to secure the survival of its new species (which seems rare enough), there could be one or more species of wildlife that originated in magical creation of a wizard.

pic slightly related, if you get the reference

>>2291469
> 20 inches of rain per year
I need to look up to see how much is that. I was also about to make fun of you for using retarded unit of measurement, but then I realized that people in my fantasy world probably use it as well.

>>2291469
> There's a tropical relative
Even though I REALLY like subspecies (many of the wildlife I already created have subspecies), that sounds a lot more like just another type of worm rather than a subspecies.

But I really like those. I have some further questions about it:

- does assassin worms live together? for instance, could one stumble upon a carcass being eat by a horde of those things?

- do you think people can make poison would of those things? (I mean whether one or more sentient races know how to extract the venom and use it)

>>2278035

Oh shit boi that book is fucking lit
I read it all the time as a kid

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Shameless elf post of a project I had to do for a digital art school. the goal of this project was to design an animal that both looked fucking neat but was also biologically viable in a real-world context. A couple of months ago I watched a documentary about a town in Russia that proudly owes the vivacity of its entire economy to its asbestos mines, and thus the Asbestian Wild Dog was born. It survives by constantly sneezing and drooling broken down asbestos fibers and iron-oxide stained mucus from its respiratory tract. It also has over-exaggerated whiskers all over its body so that its able to weave through dense forest geography without having to actually see where it's going.

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>>2291627
Also it hunts bears by playing a game of keep away with bear cubs.

>>2291507
It's not a subspecies. Same family, different genus.
It's something that might be mistaken for a slich by somebody new to the area.
Also it's possible some meddling sorceror created them from the slich, or even the opposite. Maybe during a war between wizard nations, slich were created from assassin worms to serve as forage food for their armies.
It's also possible that some worm god did the meddling.
An actual slich subspecies would be the tiger slich. Same as a slich but ringed with black bands, they're said to taste better but they're fairly rare. Tasting better might be bullshit. They're the kind of thing poor people might consider a treat.

Did you think of that or are you just posting mtg cards?

>>2291627
That's just a dog.

>>2291754
Yeah we weren't supposed to venture too far from the realms of scientific probability. Everything on it has to be practical and functional and now I know way more about thick-coated dogs and respiration than will ever be practical.

>>2291627
>>2291630
Sorry I kind of agree with >>2291754. Also:

> Also it hunts bears by playing a game of keep away with bear cubs.
How it goes from that to successfully killing and eating the bear? Wouldn't it be easy to just get the cub, run away with it and eat it?

>>2291635
> It's something that might be mistaken for a slich by somebody new to the area.
Yeah, I don't think people in my fantasy world are very good in biology. They probably don't even know the definition of species, subspecies, etc...

> An actual slich subspecies would be the tiger slich.
I like it. Truth be said, many times a subspecie is pretty much the same shit as the other. I also like things like "they're said to taste better but they're fairly rare. Tasting better might be bullshit.", because its a world without much education so much knowledge comes from random people's opinions.

>>2291660
I think I posted a total of 4 MTG illustrations. My Gnarr idea did come from the MTG illustrations, but its just a random thingy that is not described much, I placed it in the world and gave a lot more context to it. >>2291507 is just because related a bit with the other dude said.

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>>2278000
Imagine a desert prey, with the body of a small raccoon dog (pic related). It would have big ears, however, like a Fennec fox. These would serve as natural cooling against heat, and also have a keen sense of hearing. The coloration could be sorta sandy, for camouflage. They are also very intelligent.They can speak a sophisticated language (similar to dolphins) and it would sound like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfXc_OMDshU

Their instinct when hunted is to run (due to a lack of physical defenses), but in abundance, they can assess the variables, communicate, and possibly decide to attack. They would eat small bugs and plants. They could also be changed to make different subspecies depending on environment.

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>>2292833
The color would look like this (pic related).

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>>2292833
And the ears would look like this (pic related).

>>2291507
Assassin worms eat like slich, they swallow small prey whole. They just hunt and kill more effectively, instead of eating dead/weak things. They pretty much fill the small venomous snake niche in the area.
There might be a small group who knows where assassin worms are found, and keep it a trade secret as they provide poison for the black market.
Natives to the area might use them, might get into conflicts with worm hunters.
Assassin worms are only found near each other when mating. They don't associate. They're always either hunting or hiding while they digest.

>>2293979
I like that idea, but I also think it'd be quite nifty if there was a type that attacked/ate in swarms. Maybe slichs could do that?

>>2294046
It's your world man, but animals that eat by swallowing relatively large meals whole don't tend to be pack hunters.
What you're talking about would be more like a DnD rot grub.

Rot grubs are disgusting little creatures that resemble maggots. They would be considered inconsequential if not for their horrifying attack form.
Rot grubs’ color ranges from maggot white to dung brown. They are differentiated from maggots by the two tiny antennae nubs on their heads. Their size ranges from ½ inch to two inches long, with some unusual specimens getting as long as three inches. Most of the time (75%), rot grubs are mistaken for regular worms or maggots.
Combat: These small creatures will viciously burrow into any living flesh that touches them, for they greatly enjoy such fare to dine upon. The attack is automatically successful – no attack roll is necessary provided they have been touched by bare skin. If there is any question of whether or not bare skin has been exposed to a rot grub, multiply the would-be victim’s Armor Class by 10, not counting shields. This is the chance, rolled on percentile dice, that the rot grubs are touching bare skin.
The victim must immediately apply flame to the wound (1d6 points of damage per application) or have a cure disease spell cast upon him. Flame kills 2d10 grubs per application, while a cure disease kills all of them. Unless these measures are taken, the rot grubs burrow to their host’s heart and kill him in 1-3 turns.The most insidious aspect of the rot grubs is the anesthetic secretions that they use on their victims. Often this dulls the burrowed area, making the victim completely unaware that he has been invaded. Victims should roll Wisdom checks on 1d20 in order to realize that something is gravely wrong. This roll can be made every round, but time is of the essence! Within 1d6 rounds, the rot grubs are deep enough that they cannot be affected by the flames.

>>2291630
>Attacking the cub of a mother bear when she is present
>Ever

That's just asking for a horrible death, specially if the target is the adult and you just want the cub to lure it.

>>2294298
Man, rot grubs sound like a slightly less horrifying version of Cochliomyia hominivorax

Bump for now I have a really good idea and no time

(I do a NOT have a way with words)
Skunk Wolves (can't think of a better name)

Wolf like quadrapeds the size of a deer.
They are intelligent to the point of having very basic writing and the ability to control, but not create, fire. Basic tools are also not unheard of, but they're nothing like human tools.
They have an intense sense of guardianship and loyalty to their own species, and rarely if ever fight amongst themselves.

Their average height is about 5 feet from paw to head. Average length is 7 feet, 9 including the tail.
The females tend to have flatter claws, more useful for digging and grooming, while the males have very sharp claws, designed to piece flesh and slice deeply into muscle. Their teeth are unremarkable compared to other predator teeth

(part 2 in a bit)

>>2295231
(part 2)

Their fur is either black or dark gray, and usually oily. But if treated properly, their fur makes a silky soft and warm pelt.
They have long slender skulls, with light Grey almond eyes.
Their intelligence allows them to use much more intricate attack strategies than normal predators, making them very formidable enemies
They either live, if alone, out in the open, in forests and such near a few others. If in a family, they dig cave like burrows where the young live. The father rarely enters and guards it, while the mother hunts or gets food by very basic bartering

>>2295233
(part 3)
They communicate extensivly using pheromones and scents, mostly to identify each other and different locations (I.e, their burrows), and as a deterrent against other animals looking to steal their territories.

(feel free to cut this out or change it if it doesn't fit with your story)
These pheromones tend not to be well liked by humans, and can even be corrosive to some metals used by humans (hence the name), thus, along with their very territorial nature, causing them to be hunted, poised, etc (propaganda spread against them) in mass throughout their previous territory. Due to which, they have an extreme hatred of humans, and either will avoid them or gang up and kill them.

>>2295236
>>2295236
I got the idea from the beasts, mutated rats from the "remnants" books and from alien Wolves that pissed acid used in an rp as an incentive to get a transport to travel between cities

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~ OP HERE ~

>>2292833
>>2292844
>>2292845
Simple, but interesting enough. Also, check out my concept art.
> but in abundance, they can assess the variables, communicate, and possibly decide to attack.
Even in high numbers, how would that thing attack a predator back?

>>2293979
Alright :)

>>2294298
> It's your world man, but animals that eat by swallowing relatively large meals whole don't tend to be pack hunters.
That does make sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

> Rot grubs are disgusting little creatures that resemble maggots.
That thing is considerably disturbing.

>>2295031
Bumps are always welcome

>>2295231
>>2295233
>>2295236
That is a weird wolf-thingy.
> having very basic writing
Any writing is already A LOT. There are even some humanoid races, including some group of humans, that don't know how to do that.

> The father rarely enters and guards it, while the mother hunts
Weird considering that the male are supposed to have the killer claws.

>>2296284
Worded it badly. The males guard the entrance, but rarely enter the burrow.

>>2296338
But who hunts?

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>>2278000
This is cool for the bat shit insane designs

Lungs on the outside

Or a flap that looks like a breathing lung

>>2296562
The mother, along with other mothers and single males/females in small hunting parties. This is also how they sometimes meet new mates

What's the world like? Apologies if you'd said anything about it previously so please refer me to the post if you did.

Need more than "help me pls"

>>2296905
>the males have very sharp claws, designed to piece flesh and slice deeply into muscle
It just feel weird for me that the male, that has the killer claws, stay at home watching the kids while the mother goes to work
> The females tend to have flatter claws, more useful for digging and grooming
While it is the mother that has claws better for working the house and making the den and shit

It's not really about sexism, its just that feels off the combination of different claws and behavior. If it is the mother that hunts, maybe it should have the killer claw instead?

>>2296893
I have no idea what you are talking about

>>2296865
Could take a look, but I think it might have stuff different from what I'm looking for. Basically, I'm looking for different animals that could live in a place like Earth, while most sci-fi wildlife would more into "animals that would live in different planets".

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>>2296912
sup nigga

Some of my posts about the world are:
>>2278000 (obviously)
>>2278237
>>2278681
>>2290720

>Well, it's not really a "designer world". Even though the world was created by something, the old gods that created the wildlife (plants, animals and most sentient races) are just a bunch of overpowered animals that did it out of instinct. So basically, there was not a single drop of planning into it (and by the "design" definition of "a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is built or made.", there was also no design)

>>2291507

I think that covers most of it. Basically, its a fantasy setting, but the ecosystems are very similar to Earth's. If you still have any questions, specific or not, feel free to ask.

pic related: the current version of the world map. (I should note that I usually focus a lot more in different societies and cultures, that is why the natural part of the world might looks a bit "raw", and also why I'm looking for new animals, hence the thread)

>>2296905
>>2297197
So, hear me out, I want your opinion in this:

How about if those wolf-thingys live in a matriarchy? We swap the paws, giving the killing paw for the female, and the female is the one that goes around to hunt.

On top of that, we change the spawn rate (lulz, I know that this is not the right term for this, but you will get what I mean), so that the female population is a lot higher (in numbers) than the male. Something like 10~15% of the offspring are male, and the rest female. This way, the pack would basically be a group of females that have one or more males bitches - the females go out and hunt, while the male just stay at home and watch the kids. There would probably be a alpha female that would be the pack leader.

You might be thinking "wtf"? But just think about it: the females get pregnant, but only 1 male can get the whole pack pregnant. The females are more socially more aggressive and dominant, and eat most of the meat from hunts, and from that they gain proteins and whatever shit they need to grow strong, and also to sustain babies. The male don't need it so much because he is just a fuckslave-housekeeper, so he eats whatever is left, and probably some fruits to make up for it.

But then you might ask, pregnant females hunting? Yeah. Think about a species that only have 1 child per litter, but instead of being like us human where the baby is massive and shit, the baby should be small compared to the mother, so the load of being pregnant shouldn't be an issue for the animal to hunt and survive. Miscarriage could happen (and might be common), but since there are so many females pregnant, it wouldn't really hurt the population to eventually lose some pups.

What about that? Looks like a different reproductive behavior for a wolf-like mammal.

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Sentient buffalo/bison.
They do buffalo things, eat grass, move in herds hundreds of thousands strong, migrate with the seasons.
They are every bit as intelligent as humans.
They share most of their beliefs with and have cultural exchange with the humans of the area via their spellcasters, which are born white furred, and become capable of taking on human form with training.
They do not use tools or fire, but fight with intelligent strategy and tactics.
Humans hunt them for food, but there is a broad understanding between them. Buffalo understand that humans cannot survive on grass, and also that their herd would grow unsustainably large without regular culling. Humans understand that buffalo are in no way obligated to participate in the hunt, and are humbly grateful for the lives given to them
A hunting party approaches a herd, and volunteers from the herd break off and form a group of 10-20 to engage in a kind of ritual combat while shaman from both the herd and the hunters observe.
The humans are not "allowed" to win but they are allowed to use every advantage they can devise, while the buffalo have only their horns, hooves and mass.
The combat ends when a herdmember can no longer rise to fight, or (rarely) if the hunters flee the field in defeat.
If he is not killed outright, the wounded buffalo receives a blessing from his shaman before receiving a deathblow. Buffalo who fall to hunters are believed to be guaranteed to be reborn as shaman, and it is considered the most honorable way to die, as their bodies go to feed and clothe other worthy beings, rather than vultures.
Humans who die in the hunt are believed to be reborn as buffalo.
The area these peoples live in is unlikely to ever be conquered by an outside force, as the humans and buffalo are more than willing to work together. An army of skirmishers backed up by several million angry charging behemoths and multiple flavors of shaman and sorceror would easily crush any opposition.

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I've had this idea for a while:

A carnivore that can't digest certain types of sugars from its prey, which causes a build-up of sweet-smelling and extremely sticky yellow mucous it vomits up. Small animals and insects are drawn by the sweet smell and get stuck to the mucous, which the creature then later comes to to feed again.

I don't know what it would look like, but I think it should look rather ugly.

>>2297203

How much breathable air is in the world

>>2296893
>Lungs on the outside
You mean like external gills or a balloon pouch?

>>2288674
Or it could be a really cool giant gecko. Imagine hearing a noise, looking straight up, and gazing into the hungry eyes of one of those clinging to the ceiling.

>>2290676
>I seriously like the shit you just described

Thanks! Glad I could be of help!

>>2291423
All you really need to know is that "High Fantasy" is wizards and stuff, basically Lord Of the Rings.

So what you are describing is "just fantasy" Like, the average person physically walks from village to village. Rather than pulling out a magic carpet and flying there, as they would have in a high fantasy setting.

>>2297748
LotR is medium fantasy.
Something like Forgotten Realms or Warcraft is high fantasy.

>>2297763
Reign in the autism before the sperglords start arguing about whether fantasy is the same as science fiction and what is and is not hard scifi.
It is entirely subjective and ultimately meaningless, it's just marketing adjectives.

>>2278000
can't go wrong with chimeras

here's something for a domesticated chimera:

a big, fat wooly pig with cow horns - essentially a hybrid of a sheep, pig and cow - to make 'breeds' you can give the coats varying textures, colors, patterns and vary their horns.

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Do something cool with a centipede.

~ OP HERE ~

>>2297241
I must be honest with you, that feels a lot weird to me. In my head, any species with the same intelligence as humans wouldn't give a fuck about other species and want to survive no matter what. On top of that, on my world, humans particularly are greedy and reckless, and wouldn't be able to sustain such balanced relationship with a "prey" specie.

>>2297339
That idea is weird. But the picture is interesting, though. (not sure if both are related)

>>2297373
Basically, proportionally the same as Earth.

>>2297743
One of the things I most like about geckos is that they eat shit like spiders and annoying bugs, but are mostly harmless to humans (at least the species we have here on our houses, where I live).

I would like to see a massive gecko that still have the same behavior - it might look scary to find a gecko of the size of an alligator in your room, but it is harmless to humans so it is just minding its own business.

What you think?

>>2297748
>>2297763
>>2297766
> It is entirely subjective and ultimately meaningless, it's just marketing adjectives.
I agree with that guy.

>the average person physically walks from village to village. Rather than pulling out a magic carpet and flying there
In that idea, the average person physically walks from village to village (or ride a mount, if he or she can afford one).

>>2297768
I like it a lot. Anything else you would want to add about it?

>>2297869
Ew, those things freaks me out.

>>2297768
>>2298535
They migrate in large herds similarly to most bovines, and are typically led by the largest male with the most impressive horns.

They are omnivorous opportunistic gluttons, but will primarily feed on brush, roots and nuts. As for meat, they will eat any grubs they dig up, as well as any predators they manage to take down. This does affect the flavor of their meat and milk however, so ranchers are careful to dispose of any carcasses.

>>2299004
>created by wizard-king to feed his army on the move
>eats grass, leaves, twigs, and convenient enemy(or friendly) corpses
>rednecks breed especially mean and ugly ones for seriously hardcore rodeo

>>2278009
Never been able to get past /tg/s shitposting, its the only board I've been to that's been completely useless. Maybe I just don't have the same level of autism.

What if we take the tail of a dolphin and put it onto a beautiful woman from the hips down. That'd be a cool fantasy creature. I call it a Sealady.

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This might help.
未来の奇妙な動物大図鑑

>>2299167
I never had any issue with /tg/, but I thought that if I had posted this thread there, it would go to a direction I didn't want it to go to.

>>2299523
wtf i don't think OP will know japanese

>>2291611
Seriously. I read The New Dinosaurs, Expedition, and After Man so many times as a kid. Amazing stuff.

>>2278712
Damn, I feel like I missed out on a lot of funny Expeditionposting

>>2299523
What is this book about? I know the artist's site, but can't read Japanese.

>>2301422
it says "a pictorial book of strange animal of the future"

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Op here.

If no one else has anything to add, I guess I will just let the thread die. However, if anyone wants to contribute with anything else, feel free to post. I will still be checking out the thread until its demise.

Also, I would like to let people know that I will be taking notes from all the awesome dies that I liked here, and will probably stick with most details posted by people.

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>>2294962
>interned at zoo
>we tricked the mother bear to leave her cubs and then locked her out so we could weigh the cubs, determine their sex and give them shots
>the cubs starts screaming in fear, the mother goes berserk and starts roaring and banging on the gratinggrid.
>i almost thought she was gonna break the gate open

>>2303082
not animal related but have 2 storylines in the same universe.
one with the medieval tech and one that plays out much later, with futuristic tech like mechs and laser pistols and bionic limbs and all types of cool looking sci fi stuff but also with ww2 tech and 60s,70s and 80's tech like the Government using F86 Sabers as jetfighters, and the army still using the M1 Garant and Tommygun aswell as laser pistols and a lot of muscle cars and 80s Datsuns

also, could you do a followup thread on this thread when this one dies with all the animal ideas listed that you want to use?

>>2303503
and there being a lot of muscle cars and 80's Datsuns

>>2280476
wait, were the horses hooves always backwards? wtf is that supposed to mean!?

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>>2303503
>not animal related but have 2 storylines in the same universe.
>one with the medieval tech and one that plays out much later, with futuristic tech like mechs and laser pistols and bionic limbs and all types of cool looking sci fi stuff but also with ww2 tech and 60s,70s and 80's tech like the Government using F86 Sabers as jetfighters, and the army still using the M1 Garant and Tommygun aswell as laser pistols and a lot of muscle cars and 80s Datsuns
I'm not really into creating sci fi and shit with futuristic tech =/ probably because it seems too complex for me

>also, could you do a followup thread on this thread when this one dies with all the animal ideas listed that you want to use?
I would love to, but right now i'm being sodomized by real life, and not in a good way, so I can't really do anything like that for at least the next 3 weeks. Perhaps after all the shitstorm going on right now for me, I will make a second version of the thread, starting by showing all the ideas from this previous thread that I liked and decided to keep. There are quite a few awesome ideas in here!

>>2303546
lol. I never noticed that either

>>2296284
They are pretty agile, and would have little fangs. Like I said, they would only stand a chance in large groups with strategy, and wear-down tactics, as opposed to a "straight for the jugular" approach.

>>2297241
That sounds so badass, save that idea for yourself, anon.

I'd suggest looking at this series called the Edge Chronicles for inspiration.