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This is an imaginative walrus tribbethere, which is distantly related to molodonts. Just like a walrus, it can move using its teeth, but unlike a walrus it has a very flexible jaw allowing for a unique locomotion. It can walk with its teeth too, the mechanism being: it opens its jaw, rams its tusks into the ground, drags itself forward with its three legs, releases its tusks from the ground, opens its jaw again and stabs the tusks into the ground again and so on...

I imagine them existing in the middle Pangeacene, and they get outcompeted by actual molodonts later on.

The are usually quiet creatures, but during mating season, males will fight for the best spots on the beaches, where they get the most females. Those tusk fights are usually harmless, because they have much protective blubber. During mating season, the males will also make loud booming calls, obnoxious bellows and roars, demonstrating their fitness.

-- This Fanart is based on Serina, a speculative evolution/worldbuilding project, which is the sole intellectual property of .
You can view his work on sites.google.com/site/worldofs… . --

Description

This is an imaginative walrus tribbethere, which is distantly related to molodonts. Just like a walrus, it can move using its teeth, but unlike a walrus it has a very flexible jaw allowing for a unique locomotion. It can walk with its teeth too, the mechanism being: it opens its jaw, rams its tusks into the ground, drags itself forward with its three legs, releases its tusks from the ground, opens its jaw again and stabs the tusks into the ground again and so on...

I imagine them existing in the middle Pangeacene, and they get outcompeted by actual molodonts later on.

The are usually quiet creatures, but during mating season, males will fight for the best spots on the beaches, where they get the most females. Those tusk fights are usually harmless, because they have much protective blubber. During mating season, the males will also make loud booming calls, obnoxious bellows and roars, demonstrating their fitness.

-- This Fanart is based on Serina, a speculative evolution/worldbuilding project, which is the sole intellectual property of .
You can view his work on sites.google.com/site/worldofs… . --