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A piece I did for ConceptArt's Creature Of The Week #274. Topic was "Cancer".

My Description:

The systems which regulate the growth of an irregular crab are very different from those in most other creatures. In times when food is plentiful, the growth of any new organs or tissue is only regulated when it begins to interfere with the operation of other nearby organs. At the same time, organs and tissues which go unused quickly atrophy and disappear. The result is an assortment of redundant and vestigial features, chaotic and sickly in appearance but surprisingly efficient in operation. The 'randomness' of a specimen's body plan is often a good indicator of age, and young irregular crabs are frequently mistaken for large crabs of other species. Any two specimens may have a vastly different set of appendages, yet nearly all naturally grown limbs are fully functional and quite strong. As a result, most irregular crabs are far more gainly than they initially appear, and can often move very quickly with their own unique, lopsided sort of gallop. Despite this, they usually move quite sluggishly in order to conserve energy.

Description
A piece I did for ConceptArt's Creature Of The Week #274. Topic was "Cancer".

My Description:

The systems which regulate the growth of an irregular crab are very different from those in most other creatures. In times when food is plentiful, the growth of any new organs or tissue is only regulated when it begins to interfere with the operation of other nearby organs. At the same time, organs and tissues which go unused quickly atrophy and disappear. The result is an assortment of redundant and vestigial features, chaotic and sickly in appearance but surprisingly efficient in operation. The 'randomness' of a specimen's body plan is often a good indicator of age, and young irregular crabs are frequently mistaken for large crabs of other species. Any two specimens may have a vastly different set of appendages, yet nearly all naturally grown limbs are fully functional and quite strong. As a result, most irregular crabs are far more gainly than they initially appear, and can often move very quickly with their own unique, lopsided sort of gallop. Despite this, they usually move quite sluggishly in order to conserve energy.