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Sleepingfox β€” Armored Griffin

Published: 2014-05-10 22:34:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3904; Favourites: 104; Downloads: 0
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Description Wow uploading this as fast as I can before the internet flickers and fades again.

Based on my little bird squirrel thing, Dexter! sleepingfox.deviantart.com/art… Of course he would be a griffin when fully grown

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The Armored Griffins live in only one place in the world where the trees are monstrously large. They typically nest impossibly high in the branches, females guarding the young and males patrolling close to the forest floor. All Armored Griffins are adept at clinging to and scurrying the length of the massive trees. Their bellies are rough and aide in gripping tree bark, but males tend to have smoother and rounder chests than the females as they spend less time nesting. Interestingly, their wings are not present when first hatched. Instead, they develop a scaly bulge on their backs that eventually blossoms into a pair of partially scaled but functional wings. It is suggested that these griffins have a draconic ancestor.

Males of this species typically have white bodies with feathers ranging from deep ocean blue to teal. Females are leaner, lack a mane, and have tail feathers that are narrower. Their fur ranges from fawn to dark brown, and their scales are a rich gold. Black and silver griffins are an extremely rare mutation. Both genders flick their fan-like tails to signal their mood and flatten/straighten their head crest feathers accordingly.

These griffins are fearless and proud, a trait which makes them impossible to use as mounts unless reared from infancy. Their mortal enemies are the Stygian Wyverns, who feed on almost anything, including the trees in which the griffins nest.
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Falco23 [2023-12-13 02:07:45 +0000 UTC]

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Karnanyd [2014-05-11 16:24:26 +0000 UTC]

OMG the baby one!Β  Squeeee!Β  :3

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Sleepingfox In reply to Karnanyd [2014-05-11 20:32:57 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, he's a little cutie :'D

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DeadCobra [2014-05-11 10:00:58 +0000 UTC]

Very cool

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Sleepingfox In reply to DeadCobra [2014-05-11 20:24:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Mauiicow [2014-05-10 22:36:04 +0000 UTC]

This is gorgeous and the little baby form of it is adorable. <3

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Sleepingfox In reply to Mauiicow [2014-05-10 22:39:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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