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PeteriDish — flightless predator
Published: 2013-01-25 17:21:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1293; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 8
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stands over 4 m tall when it stands completely vertically to observe its surroundings and around 3.5 m when standing normally. The complete drawing is a male with keratinous growths on its head and tail, the incomplete drawing is a charging female. I am sorry that the two sketches ended up like this, it would maybe make more sense if I have finished the female sketch and made it appear as if she's running in the foreground. I'll probably do that later, this looks just silly... XDRelated content
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I note the lower limbs have devolved to a single spike; are these perhaps gripping utensils, holding and goring prey as in certain Snaiadi hunters, or might they hold male and female together during mating? The back-plates remind me a lot of wings, and the overall impression is ostrich-like; were these descended from fliers, and have these plates/wings found another use (if they're hard growths, they might hold back predator attacks to the back)?
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your observations are all correct, and the spike-libs could be used for both, goring prey and lock male and female during mating, and I think the parent could use them to bring chunks of food to their young or the other parent who is waiting with them hidden out of view 
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Oh, I like it! The keratinous growths have lots of potential for different colors and shapes in their design...
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Thanks! 
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that's what I still have to think about 
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When I looked at the ninaiture I thought it's one multi-legged creature
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well that wouldn't be consistent with the six-legged anatomy XD
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as for the wings - they don't have to be based on limbs. that was one of the things I liked so much.
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hmmmm... what do you suggest? they're too big to give up ribs or anything else...
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I'm not sure. I was thinking of the insects. It would be cool to have a vertebrate-like thing with a non-limb based wing>
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well, maybe even insects have limb-based limbs. I have also been presented with the "skin lobe" hypothesis, but as it turns out, it is now thought that insect wings are actually one of the branches of their originally biramous limbs
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I didn't hear of that.. do you have any articles about it? I'd love to read!
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lol wait just read the description properly and i saw tho is two creatures lol
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hpe i didnt offend buddy i just miss read the description
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okay thats good im sure im not the the only one who thaught that any way
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awesome now i dont feel stupid XD
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and I have copy-and-pasted the male's head onto the female's body, now no one will make that mistake again XD
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ah now i see it lol sorry bout that
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Dang, I thought it was all one, killer, mantis-type creature.
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I can see why
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Y U NO STOP UPLOADING PICTURES? XD Nice job. I got my unryu btw, and already prepared the paper
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thanks and good luck!
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NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN. XD
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woah! :falls of chair: this is awesome its hard to explain the awe I'm in but this may be one of my favourite creatures that youve come up with so far!
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