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Venenifer Volatilis Everto by ~Confused-Soul-Avatar:iconConfused-Soul-Avatar:


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Submitted: March 12, 2008
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Uh.........don't ask. Really. BLAME THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL! Or ABC. Either way, it’s TV. I was at my grandparent’s house, and I was booooored. I do not do well bored & without internet access. It does things to my brain...

It’s a bird. Sorta. Well, a bird with highly poisonous quills on pretty much every part of its body. And razor-sharp claws & beak. And it’s a carnivore. Whee! And I don't have a name for it, so help would be appreciated. Well, I do have a Latin for it thanks to 3m0cLoWn, which is "Venenifer volatilis everto". A common name would still be greatly appreciated however!

See the long yellow-orange-red blade-thingies all over it? Those are the long hollow quills filled with a potent highly toxic poison that, if you get it into your system, will cause you to go insane & die a horribly painful & agonizing slow death. The ones on its head & the ones on its back go stiff & straight when threatened, and the male has longer quills to intimidate rivals & impress others. The claws on its feet have a powerful grip, and despite the birds size it is able to fly, due to it having a large enough wingspan to support it when its wings are opened fully. It has a nasty temper, and is highly territorial, preferring to fight to the death over fleeing when threatened. It will live in groups of 1-6 creatures, and the bond between the birds in this group is immense. It is mainly a carnivore, and prefers to eat what it’s killed instead of others kills, but when food is scarce it will eat carrion &, if desperate, fruits and berries. It’s immensely difficult to tame them, even when raised from an egg, but if somehow someone manages to do so, they would have a loyal companion for life.

And see? THAT is why you don't leave me without intarwebs. I get plot bunnies. And the plot bunnies breed quickly. And it also makes me rant. But annnnyway....enjoy the bad-ass birdie *dodges the beak of one of them* Meep, I don't think it likes being called birdie...

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It's pretty. It reminds me of a certain Pokemon, I don't remember it's name, but this looks like the second evolution...sorry if that's an insulting thing to say to a monster-artist. I was one once. Ought do creatures again, in fact...The description was amusing and almost like something one would see on the Discovery channel. The poor bird looks sorta mellow. Nice art.

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"My dad speaks Mandalorian--I mean Mandarin." ~Sar Sha

“Children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.”~Chesterton
:D Thanks for the compliment, actually ^^ I'm a fan of pokemon, and I hafta say sometimes I draw a bit of inspiration from it, although this was trying to be purely original XD And I was, in a way, aiming for a discovery-channel ish feel to this. So, again, thanks heaps ^^
Oh, you're welcome.

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"My dad speaks Mandalorian--I mean Mandarin." ~Sar Sha

“Children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy.”~Chesterton
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Wait... er'ouy inaz? legnaeerferac?

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sey, legnaeerferac si em. gnol yrots.
I see. Well, I'm sorry, but we shouldn't talk anymore. If you want, ask your whys. I may be back to answer.
...Won em etah lla yeht... Kcab og reven Ll'I...
Besides, you talk to "them". I think I partially have you to blame, but mostly myself.
Eybdoog.

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