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I'm sure a small handful of you out there remember an old creation, the bethnian, that I'd created a while earlier. Well, due to my highly detail-oriented brain which will not let me relax, I looked even closer
at the old design and decided that it was completely impractical in relation to its environment. The thing was that it was a tall, fat centaur-like creature with an irregular skeleton and an abdominal cavity
that was way too heavy to sustain itself on the planet which I'd conceived. Therefore, after a long period of redesign and gathering of scientific information, I finally made a creature that works.

The creature seen here is a generic male pruthnil, a sentient organism native to the titan-like super-Earth I mentioned called Bethnos. Almost twice the mass of Earth, Bethnos is a cold planet with an
average surface temperature of -175 degrees Celsius (-283 degrees F) and a gravity of 1.4, enough to completely change the composition of its life. The atmosphere is rich with nitrogen and methane,
along with enough hydrogen to enable surface respiration.
Pruthnil are designed to fit their surface environment as effectively as necessary in order to survive and propagate into sentience. Their bodies are short, averaging around 1.4 meters (4'6" in feet)
tall for males at the shoulder and 1.3 meters (4'2" in feet) tall for females. This shortness, along with three pairs of strong, thickly built legs is an adaptive response to the high gravity: due to the severe
potential injury a loftier creature would take from a fall, pruthnil evolved close to the ground to prevent this from happening. As you can see, a fall, even to the side, wouldn't cause much potential damage,
as the eight total limbs provide terrific balance. To further solidify their stability, the thick tail at their posterior provides a counterweight and can rest upon the ground in any case of disturbed balance.
The plate at their heads is used for telepathic communication, a topic I will discuss in detail in further updates, along with their antennae and other sensory features.
Pruthnil skin is rife with wrinkles, similar to elephant skin. This provides them with tremendous surface area for increased hair growth and prevents tears from occurring from damage (eg. scratches,
falls, etc) more effectively than a tight-skinned animal in the same situation because the skin is more pulled and less broken.
Pruthnil, as organisms, are heterotrophic autotrophs, being able to make their own energy whilst gaining energy through consumption. They are herbivorous, and munch on the hard, fleshy plants that
grow in abundance on the planet's surface in clusters close to the ground to take in a direct, long-term source of energy. The other energy they take in is through photosynthesis, which is explained
through their fur.
The thick fur on pruthnil serves two fundamental purposes: along with fatty tissue under their skin, it keeps them warm, and provides photosynthetic energy to the organism. Pruthnil fur is, essentially,
a large mass of leaf-like extensions which trap the dim light from their sun and convert it into a sugar-like substance. When combined with the hydrogen they breathe in, it forms a potent, volatile
material used in basic cellular activities and energy-burning processes (such as respiration, digestion, movement, communication, growth, etc.) in the same way our oxygen does for us. Photosynthesis
also provides an emergency source of short-term energy to feed off of for a short time if the pruthnil is experiencing starvation. The necessity for autotrophism whilst already being heterotrophic stems
from the large amounts of energy required to keep a creature like itself going on a planet which demands so much of their bodies in order to function. High gravity slows them down, and cold air makes
it hard to retain heat. Extra energy is required to carry out these processes on top of basic survival functions, rendering the need valid.

In addition to drastic bodily alteration, I also changed their names (obviously) from bethnians to pruthnil. This occurred when I took our own species' general title into account. Earth is the name of the
planet; all of the plants and animals, including humans, are referred to as earthlings; and we, as a unique species, are called humans. The same applies on Bethnos: Bethnos is the planet name;
bethnians are the collective organisms living on Bethnos; ergo pruthnil is the name given to that particular species.

I hope you enjoy my little exposition; hopefully, depending on my artisitic output, there will be more to come. Comments are more than appreciated.

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Pruthnil are an original creation of mine. Permission is necessary for outside use.

Description
I'm sure a small handful of you out there remember an old creation, the bethnian, that I'd created a while earlier. Well, due to my highly detail-oriented brain which will not let me relax, I looked even closer
at the old design and decided that it was completely impractical in relation to its environment. The thing was that it was a tall, fat centaur-like creature with an irregular skeleton and an abdominal cavity
that was way too heavy to sustain itself on the planet which I'd conceived. Therefore, after a long period of redesign and gathering of scientific information, I finally made a creature that works.

The creature seen here is a generic male pruthnil, a sentient organism native to the titan-like super-Earth I mentioned called Bethnos. Almost twice the mass of Earth, Bethnos is a cold planet with an
average surface temperature of -175 degrees Celsius (-283 degrees F) and a gravity of 1.4, enough to completely change the composition of its life. The atmosphere is rich with nitrogen and methane,
along with enough hydrogen to enable surface respiration.
Pruthnil are designed to fit their surface environment as effectively as necessary in order to survive and propagate into sentience. Their bodies are short, averaging around 1.4 meters (4'6" in feet)
tall for males at the shoulder and 1.3 meters (4'2" in feet) tall for females. This shortness, along with three pairs of strong, thickly built legs is an adaptive response to the high gravity: due to the severe
potential injury a loftier creature would take from a fall, pruthnil evolved close to the ground to prevent this from happening. As you can see, a fall, even to the side, wouldn't cause much potential damage,
as the eight total limbs provide terrific balance. To further solidify their stability, the thick tail at their posterior provides a counterweight and can rest upon the ground in any case of disturbed balance.
The plate at their heads is used for telepathic communication, a topic I will discuss in detail in further updates, along with their antennae and other sensory features.
Pruthnil skin is rife with wrinkles, similar to elephant skin. This provides them with tremendous surface area for increased hair growth and prevents tears from occurring from damage (eg. scratches,
falls, etc) more effectively than a tight-skinned animal in the same situation because the skin is more pulled and less broken.
Pruthnil, as organisms, are heterotrophic autotrophs, being able to make their own energy whilst gaining energy through consumption. They are herbivorous, and munch on the hard, fleshy plants that
grow in abundance on the planet's surface in clusters close to the ground to take in a direct, long-term source of energy. The other energy they take in is through photosynthesis, which is explained
through their fur.
The thick fur on pruthnil serves two fundamental purposes: along with fatty tissue under their skin, it keeps them warm, and provides photosynthetic energy to the organism. Pruthnil fur is, essentially,
a large mass of leaf-like extensions which trap the dim light from their sun and convert it into a sugar-like substance. When combined with the hydrogen they breathe in, it forms a potent, volatile
material used in basic cellular activities and energy-burning processes (such as respiration, digestion, movement, communication, growth, etc.) in the same way our oxygen does for us. Photosynthesis
also provides an emergency source of short-term energy to feed off of for a short time if the pruthnil is experiencing starvation. The necessity for autotrophism whilst already being heterotrophic stems
from the large amounts of energy required to keep a creature like itself going on a planet which demands so much of their bodies in order to function. High gravity slows them down, and cold air makes
it hard to retain heat. Extra energy is required to carry out these processes on top of basic survival functions, rendering the need valid.

In addition to drastic bodily alteration, I also changed their names (obviously) from bethnians to pruthnil. This occurred when I took our own species' general title into account. Earth is the name of the
planet; all of the plants and animals, including humans, are referred to as earthlings; and we, as a unique species, are called humans. The same applies on Bethnos: Bethnos is the planet name;
bethnians are the collective organisms living on Bethnos; ergo pruthnil is the name given to that particular species.

I hope you enjoy my little exposition; hopefully, depending on my artisitic output, there will be more to come. Comments are more than appreciated.

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Pruthnil are an original creation of mine. Permission is necessary for outside use.