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Description
Submission to Egg hatching contest!
The egg hatching contest by queenofeagles .

These creatures hatch from the dandelion (air) eggs.

A quick overview
Milavis are small creatures (the largest can grow up to 50cm long, from nose to tip of tail) with a very unique air system inside their bodies, making them almost hollow. They feed mainly on fruits and nuts, and they occasionally swallow toxic plants on purpose. They fly using four wing-arms with insect-like membranes, each of the wings having a small glowing coloured spot. These wing-arms move perfectly in sync. Their flight pattern is very erratic. Beside flying milavis are also known to walk often in an energetic way.

Antennae - A
Milavis have decent eyesight, but they prefer to scan their surroundings using their four feather-like antennae. These antennae can pick up high frequencies emitted by the wings of their species (as seen in E), but they also use them to pick up scents carried by the breeze.

Spikes - B
The reason why milavis eat toxic plants is to store these toxins in special spikes on all of their legs. Normally these spikes are soft and bend when touched, but when they are under attack the spikes harden and release their toxins upon touch.

Their relation to shikazas - C
Despite their venomous spikes milavis are still quite fragile, especially at night when their glowing wings make them a very easy target. To survive the night they sleep in caves, hollow trees or the most often, underground with shikazas. The glow of their wings allows the sensitive eyes of the shikazas to see underground, and in return, the shikazas protect them from harm.

During daytime the two species are frequently seen together as well. Milavis will scout the area for easy prey and carcasses, and the shikazas feed on those. The shikazas also help them slice up fruits so the milavis can eat them more easily.

Air system - D
Milavis have a very unique system of air in their bodies. On the underside of their bodies they have nine holes (four on either side and one big hole on their chest), closed off by thin membranes. Using these holes they can stick themselves to nearly any flat, hard surface. The way this works is similar to the way a vacuum cleaner works.
When the nine holes touch a surface, the corresponding holes in their flanks (the last two holes in their necks for the hole on their chest) will blow out air, and then close off the created vacuums above the nine holes.
The first two holes in their necks are used for normal breathing. The first inhales, the second exhales.

Wing colours - E
A zebra has its stripes, a milavi has a colour pattern on its wings to identify itself. The patterns are unique for all milavis. Beside visible colours, these spots also emit higher-frequency rays which their antennae can easily pick up. This way milavis quickly know who they are dealing with.

(Shikazas will be uploaded soon)

Description
Submission to Egg hatching contest!
The egg hatching contest by queenofeagles .

These creatures hatch from the dandelion (air) eggs.

A quick overview
Milavis are small creatures (the largest can grow up to 50cm long, from nose to tip of tail) with a very unique air system inside their bodies, making them almost hollow. They feed mainly on fruits and nuts, and they occasionally swallow toxic plants on purpose. They fly using four wing-arms with insect-like membranes, each of the wings having a small glowing coloured spot. These wing-arms move perfectly in sync. Their flight pattern is very erratic. Beside flying milavis are also known to walk often in an energetic way.

Antennae - A
Milavis have decent eyesight, but they prefer to scan their surroundings using their four feather-like antennae. These antennae can pick up high frequencies emitted by the wings of their species (as seen in E), but they also use them to pick up scents carried by the breeze.

Spikes - B
The reason why milavis eat toxic plants is to store these toxins in special spikes on all of their legs. Normally these spikes are soft and bend when touched, but when they are under attack the spikes harden and release their toxins upon touch.

Their relation to shikazas - C
Despite their venomous spikes milavis are still quite fragile, especially at night when their glowing wings make them a very easy target. To survive the night they sleep in caves, hollow trees or the most often, underground with shikazas. The glow of their wings allows the sensitive eyes of the shikazas to see underground, and in return, the shikazas protect them from harm.

During daytime the two species are frequently seen together as well. Milavis will scout the area for easy prey and carcasses, and the shikazas feed on those. The shikazas also help them slice up fruits so the milavis can eat them more easily.

Air system - D
Milavis have a very unique system of air in their bodies. On the underside of their bodies they have nine holes (four on either side and one big hole on their chest), closed off by thin membranes. Using these holes they can stick themselves to nearly any flat, hard surface. The way this works is similar to the way a vacuum cleaner works.
When the nine holes touch a surface, the corresponding holes in their flanks (the last two holes in their necks for the hole on their chest) will blow out air, and then close off the created vacuums above the nine holes.
The first two holes in their necks are used for normal breathing. The first inhales, the second exhales.

Wing colours - E
A zebra has its stripes, a milavi has a colour pattern on its wings to identify itself. The patterns are unique for all milavis. Beside visible colours, these spots also emit higher-frequency rays which their antennae can easily pick up. This way milavis quickly know who they are dealing with.

(Shikazas will be uploaded soon)