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The first time I've purchased an adoptable.  I was always interested in purchasing one, but never found a design that could fit in my fictional galaxy.  But I just fell in love with this design and thought that it would make a nice species in the Azure Wheel Galaxy.

(Some of my personal notes for later)
*  These guys will be living in the rainforests of planet Tathaine.
*  About cat sized.
*  Tree-dwelling.
*  Completely feral and animalistic.
*  The only physical change that I will be making from the above design would be removing the spikes on the back of the hands (as they would just hinder climbing).
*  Claws and horns look crystalline.
*  They probably won't actually breathe lightning.  But perhaps there will be some old wives tales about the species that claim that they do?
*  I... don't think the wings would actually be flight-worthy.  They'd likely have some other use.  I'll have to think about that a bit more.

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Comments: 4

SelenaRH [2014-04-22 00:27:31 +0000 UTC]

Ooh nice find! Perhaps the wings could be used as communication/mating displays? Or maybe they can glide but not fly?

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Sylver-Star-Shyne [2014-04-22 00:08:52 +0000 UTC]

maybe the wings could help them glide, like a flying squirrel? just a thought. i can see why you fell in love with the design tho

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Ulario In reply to Sylver-Star-Shyne [2014-04-22 00:13:51 +0000 UTC]

I don't even think they're going to be gliders.  Although I have been thinking about the wings a bit more...

Some of my potential ideas for the wings include
- Attracts food by mimicking the wing movements of a particular butterfly species.
- Going along with the butterfly idea... camouflaging itself as a toxic species of butterfly to avoid getting eaten by predators.
- Only adult males have them to attract mates.

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Sylver-Star-Shyne In reply to Ulario [2014-04-22 00:18:16 +0000 UTC]

Those are good ideas too I do kinda like the idea of only adult males having them as a way to attract a mate. It would be something new to see and interesting to work with in a mammal. At least, I'm guessing it's a mammal

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