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This creature is heavily inspired by something I saw in a very old National Geographic book about the known universe. It had a segment where it speculated very outdated ideas of lifeforms on the various planets and moons of our solar system. My personal favorite was a creature called a Martian Waterseeker. It had very thin limbs and neck due to Mar's low gravity, a trunk-like proboscis to probe its surroundings for water, a feathery tail to shield itself from uv radiation, and large ears to pick up sounds in Mars' thin atmosphere and to incase itself during storms and cold nights. My interpretation is similar aside from adding more meat to the limbs and neck. I also imagine it as an omnivore that would nibble on desert plants and lick up colonial invertebrates similar to ants and termites. As obscure as the inspiration is, I probably won't use it for any of my projects (this might change in the future). That said, what I like about this creature is that it can be interpreted as either an alien native to a low gravity desert world or a distant descendant of rats or mice that brought to a terraformed Mars.

As always comments and critiques are welcome.

BTW, I have a poll set up to determine what kind of content I should make more of. Here's a link to it if you're interested in voting:

www.deviantart.com/aliencon/po…

Description
This creature is heavily inspired by something I saw in a very old National Geographic book about the known universe. It had a segment where it speculated very outdated ideas of lifeforms on the various planets and moons of our solar system. My personal favorite was a creature called a Martian Waterseeker. It had very thin limbs and neck due to Mar's low gravity, a trunk-like proboscis to probe its surroundings for water, a feathery tail to shield itself from uv radiation, and large ears to pick up sounds in Mars' thin atmosphere and to incase itself during storms and cold nights. My interpretation is similar aside from adding more meat to the limbs and neck. I also imagine it as an omnivore that would nibble on desert plants and lick up colonial invertebrates similar to ants and termites. As obscure as the inspiration is, I probably won't use it for any of my projects (this might change in the future). That said, what I like about this creature is that it can be interpreted as either an alien native to a low gravity desert world or a distant descendant of rats or mice that brought to a terraformed Mars.

As always comments and critiques are welcome.

BTW, I have a poll set up to determine what kind of content I should make more of. Here's a link to it if you're interested in voting:

www.deviantart.com/aliencon/po…