Creature Suggestion: Basirok

megadash • 22 October 2013 at 5:58 PM

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Name: Basirok
Picture: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j305/Megadash/EggCave/Basirok.png (Image includes Egg)

About Basirok Eggs:
Basirok eggs look similar to tree sprouts. Mothers lay their eggs in knots of trees that they make with their sharp beaks and claws. As the baby grows, the move closer and closer to the main body of the tree. To conceal themselves from would-be predators, they're plain-colored and have leaf-colored feathers to blend in. The "leaves" also help regulate body temperature throughout development.

Mothers only lay one egg in any nest. This better hides the young and makes them feel like the center of attention. While neither parent will directly care for their child, once it hatches, all adults will clamor to care for a them. This allows them to be fed by many adults, giving them a variety of bacteria.

Basiroks have no legs. Instead, they wrap their featherless tails around branches, using the spikes towards the end to secure themselves there. If they fall out of a tree, they will use their hands and beaks to drag themselves back up…or fight-off any potential threats.

More About the Basirok:
If threatened, Basiroks can use their tails to defend themselves, but they prefer to bite. As the grow, adults will feed any young that they come across. The bacteria in their guts build up and provide the young with the weapons that they will use in adulthood for both defense and to hunt. The color of their crests indicate the effects of the bacteria in their bites.

Blue-colored Basiroks are most vulnerable as the bacteria is almost never dangerous to their victims. Green feathers indicate that the a bite can make a target sick, but is seldom fatal. These types of Basirok need to be more strategic when hunting. Yellow and Orange crests mean that a bite can cause paralysis for a period of time, making prey quite vulnerable. The most dangerous, and most beautifully-colored Basiroks have red crest feathers. The bacteria in their gut can be fatal to even large creatures. However, few Basiroks can survive with such bacteria, making them prized mates. The colors of the crests vary depending on the amount of each kinds of bacteria, making each creature unique. The danger level of each Basirok is determined by seeing how much of each color they have. The Science & Research Center has discovered that white-crested Basiroks (which only occur in captivity) have no bacteria in their gut. As a result, they must never be released to the wild, since they will not survive. However they are great as pets.

Basiroks love attention. In the wild males will fight to care for as many young as they possibly can in order to impress female, even if the young belong to neither one of them. This shows that he will be more likely to care for their young. Yearlings use this courtship ritual to their advantages as well. This give them those last precious calories before becoming adults and having to hunt for themselves. If you plan on caring for a Basirok, you had best be able to prove it with two things: A LOT of attention, and a perch that ISN'T your arm…OUCH!

cirrus • 22 October 2013 at 6:12 PM

@megadash 😱 I love it! But it's really similar to the Macaw.

megadash • 22 October 2013 at 6:21 PM

@skittlejg:
I see were you're coming from, here are just three things about that:

1.) The Macaw is a parrot and kinda on the cute side.
2.) The Macaw has four legs while the Basirok has no legs at all.
3.) The macaw is blue and the Basirok is red.

Those are just a few of the differences, so I think that there is enough there to warrant the creature. You could also argue that the Basirok is just as similar to other bird-like creatures, like the Kujak.

bookw0rm • 22 October 2013 at 8:32 PM

@megadash
❤️ it!!!

megadash • 23 October 2013 at 4:15 PM

Because Basiroks love to be the center of attention, I'm assuming that they'd evolve via views. How does this sound:

EGG --(700 views)--> Stage 1 --(1500 views)--> Stage 2