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if it isn't clear the shrew currently being murdered in the image is a tamjack

Yarr... Yer hooved worm-animal is mighty good. Good thing it's a carnivore so it won't get scurvy.

I don't see any issues with it really, but I question the tail-feather brooding thing. Do the babies hold on with their little teeth?

I like it. I presume that with the rise of the Seashrog and its greater intelligence, it will put greater pressure on the Pirate Waxfaces to adapt or diet out. We might see either a rise in pack-based lifestyles so as to overwhelm Seashrogs, or we might see the evolution of even smarter, craftier Pirate Waxfaces.

Oh, and if I might offer a suggestion, perhaps Scuttlers and other similar, small species might be included in the diet, especially for the juveniles who stalk the beaches.

QUOTE (Cube67 @ Feb 3 2021, 04:56 PM)

Yarr... Yer hooved worm-animal is mighty good. Good thing it's a carnivore so it won't get scurvy. I don't see any issues with it really, but I question the tail-feather brooding thing. Do the babies hold on with their little teeth?

The feet actually have fleshy pads, not hooves, in waxface; this is no exception.

The tail brooding comes from the ancestor. As stated, they use snorkels coming from their spiracles to hold on.

Okay, Seashrog edits to fit this retroactive species:

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The Seashrog replaced its ancestor and developed omnivory and tool use. Originating as an accidental discovery, the Seashrog learned to craft spears by cutting sticks at an angle. Initially, these were used for self-defense against its predator, the Pirate Waxface, but before long the Seashrog started using them for something new--spearfishing. It was able to develop the dexterity to accomplish this as an inevitable conclusion of its existing advanced nest-building skills.

Plus this paragraph added to the "relationships with other species" section:

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Though most of the species spread by the Seashrog were either food or a nuisance, its expanded range has also had the effect of expanding the range of another species, the Pirate Waxface, which is the Seashrog's predator. As a result, the Pirate Waxface is now present in all habitats which the Seashrog is also present in.

Coolsteph Sorry to ping, but why haven't you commented on this yet? You usually comment on everything.

At the time you posted it, I believe I was very busy with urgent, time-consuming Real Life Things.

Wow. That's a bloody picture. These are horrific shrew murderers, and it's actually inspired another Seashrog Horror Movie Villain from me. (Though it's far down on the list of organisms I plan to develop.)

I like the lineart of the nest, the shading, and the feather and fur details.

I actually sent the artwork to Hydro asking if it was the bloodiest image on Sagan 4 (in the context of his old rejected species the Horndog, which was very bloody (though it was completely unrelated to the reasoning for its rejection)). He responded with a hoard of images of sagan 4 species with some amount of blood included