🌊Creature Suggestion: Coralay 🌊

okami • 14 October 2022 at 7:17 PM

Hello!

This is my #creaturesuggestion for a creature called the Coralay. The name is a combination of coral + ray. I cannot draw for the life of me, but hopefully the concept art gets the concept across!

Concept art: https://www.deviantart.com/blueblueblue444/art/20221014-180048-933083456

Description:

Egg:
These eggs can be found along the ocean seabed near coral reefs. It is common for small bits of coral to grow on Coralay eggs due to the outer shell almost perfectly resembling the rocks that coral typically thrive on. Once the egg hatches, the shell remains in intact pieces that coral can continue to live on for decades.

Creature:
During the first portion of their life, Coralay are very soft to the touch and vulnerable to predation. For this reason, young Coralay live in the deepest parts of coral reefs and utilize large coral structures to hide from danger. They have a symbiotic relationship with these corals and consume harmful algae blooms that would otherwise impede the coral's growth.
As Coralay age, their outer skin becomes hard and resembles a rock both in texture and appearance. At this stage in their life predation is no longer a large risk, and they begin to venture out of their coral hideaways to hunt mollusks. They are fiercely protective of the coral reefs they call home and will relentlessly fight off any threats. In recent years due to rising pollution, Coralay have begun to move coral away from polluted areas. They accomplish this by gently prying coral pieces off of rocks with their flat-ended tails and placing them onto their backs for relocation. This is a very slow process, but differences in coral distribution have already been noted by the SARC with increasingly more coral being found in clear, unpolluted waters.

dragonii • 14 October 2022 at 7:57 PM

@bluewolf it looks cute! i love the description!

okami • 15 October 2022 at 12:57 AM

@dragonii

Thank you! 😃 ❤️

sapphire12 • 15 October 2022 at 10:36 AM

@bluewolf love it 😊 could be a summer creature!

okami • 15 October 2022 at 2:25 PM

@sapphire12

Thank you! ❤️ That's what I'm hoping for, I think it'd be a really fun and colorful aquatic creature!

shirothekittehlover • 17 October 2022 at 5:22 AM

@bluewolf
I love it! 😃
Would like to see it as a Cave Monthly sometime ❤️

@prairie
@ian
@snowywinter

snowywinter • 17 October 2022 at 5:36 AM

@bluewolf

O.O! Want! ❤️
I second @shirothekittehlover, I would love to see this as a Monthly sometime!
(Whispers: I'd probably even pay for one if it were a Cash Shop creature.)

(Th description got me a bit sniffly. no fair! : P )

Did I mention that I want one. Like in my cove. Right now.
Gimme. *wiggly fingers*

okami • 17 October 2022 at 8:43 PM

@shirothekittehlover

Thank you ❤️ 😊

@snowywinter

Ahhhhh that makes me so happy to hear, thank you! ❤️ I put a lot of thought into the description. They're just lil' guys trying to make a difference 😊

megamisama90 • 4 January 2023 at 3:24 PM

I like this one a lot @bluewolf! It's something we don't have here and it talks about climate change. I like how the Coralay will protect the corals. This has an important message. ❤️

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daisycat • 4 January 2023 at 3:52 PM

@bluewolf
Ohh this is soo cute! I love string rays. c: (My mom even made a catnip sting ray for my cat LOL.)
Safely transporting coral to a better environment? What a precious creature. ❤️
I love how the coral that grows on the eggshell can continue to grow on it even though the eggs hatches.
Your drawings are so cute; I love the blue spots and the colors of the coral, pretty!
I'd really enjoy having a Coralay as a pet in my cove! Fab idea Blue, I hope this gets implemented!

@megamisama90
Thank you for the ping! :-}

@charchill @pwuffy @moonflower @cranberrycat1 @dragrawr @pewpewkachu

cranberrycat1 • 4 January 2023 at 3:59 PM

@bluewolf

I really like the coral growing on the back

thank you for the ping daisy

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pwuffy • 4 January 2023 at 6:41 PM

@bluewolf omg what an awesome suggestion 😃 do we have any sting ray creatures yet? i can't think of any so this feels super unique as well 😊 definitely an important environmental message as well as others have said! hope it gets made! ❤️

thank you @daisycat for the ping! 😊 ❤️

dragrawr • 4 January 2023 at 10:36 PM

@bluewolf aaaa I need one so bad

noman15 • 4 February 2023 at 2:30 PM

Cool, the site needs more rays.

redflipflap • 4 February 2023 at 6:22 PM

This is such a cute idea. More mantas in Eggcave, I beg!! ❤️

prairie • 7 February 2023 at 11:03 AM

@bluewolf
I really love this idea a ton. ❤️ Also we don't have any/a ton of mantas here on Egg Cave and its totally high time!
I'd love to see this in a tropical/Ocean themed month in the summertime.

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iia • 7 February 2023 at 11:15 AM

@bluewolf *Ghasp* I LOVE manta rays! @Ian I would love to see this be a new EC creature 😊

chapus • 7 February 2023 at 11:24 AM

@bluewolf ooo yes i love this!!! i also agree we need more Manta Rays on this website

poe • 7 February 2023 at 10:44 PM

@bluewolf I do love a good ray! It's very cute. I definitely agree with everyone else that more rays are required on site!

okami • 10 May 2023 at 2:16 PM

I'm VERY delayed on replies, very sorry, but I wanted to bump this back up with summer coming around soon! 😊 (I have since changed my username from bluewolf to okami)!

@megamisama90 @daisycat @cranberrycat1 @dragrawr @noman15 @redflipflap @iia @chapus @poe
Thank you so much for your nice comments! ❤️

@pwuffy @prairie
Yes we currently don't have any sting/manta ray creatures on egg cave! I'd love to see more of those types of creatures, they're so cute and interesting irl!

dragrawr • 10 May 2023 at 2:17 PM

@okami still rooting for yours too !

heatherm19 • 10 May 2023 at 4:06 PM

@okami I *love* this!!
(I know I've seen this topic before but apparently didn't post oops!)

The ray looks soooo cute in your drawings, I really really would love to have one (or a few...). I love how the baby looks so different to go along with the description, and awwwww they are saving the coral! ❤️

chapus • 10 May 2023 at 9:35 PM

@okami cute, i like the colors! c: would be a lovely summer time critter

pauloacacio • 11 May 2023 at 5:41 AM

It's just beautiful! ❤️

okami • 16 June 2023 at 4:26 PM

I've been off and on due to irl things, but thank you for the nice comments and support ❤️

lunacharm1037 • 16 June 2023 at 5:37 PM

❤️ Beautiful ❤️

gigachad • 1 July 2023 at 12:20 PM

Ahaha Good Morning, Also very nice 😃

pinkhanni • 6 July 2023 at 7:54 AM

super cuteeeee!!

matcha • 6 July 2023 at 9:48 AM

Love this creature idea! I really like rays so would love to have this 😊

chihiro_sang • 6 July 2023 at 11:51 AM

Cool, it seems like a good late summer idea.