Flight Rising Discussion

i mean, not to be a nerd, but theres a species of snake that i absolutely love that swallows eggs whole, uses teeth in its throat to pierce/crush the shell, swallows the innards of the egg, and then spits out the shell again

whos to say that this bird cant do the same?? i love the scrunkly
and dragons cant just,,, be the dominant species with no predators at all

Of COURSE they're my favourite out of all the bunch. First and foremost, birds have hands, it's just that the fingers are very short and encased in skin, all of which is covered in feathers. Birds have their flight feathers project from their index finger which is not portrayed on these guys, but these aren't BIRDS, these are just bird-like creatures and most likely have an elongated fourth digit (the ring finger) that actually holds the feathers. The anatomy would be similar to the hands of pterosaurs, except the hands are much much shorter. [img]https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sites/default/files/resources/articles/bats/homology_550.jpg[/img] Here you can see the comparative anatomy between a human, a bird and a bat. Birds have hands too. [img]https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/Image/2019/saw1019Habi32_d.png[/img] Here you can see the absurdly long hands of a pterosaur. Secondly, where does it say that these Eggulls eat their own eggs? They eat other creatures' eggs and that's a very normal occurrence in the wilderness as well as in a civilised environment (how many of y'all eat eggs lmao) As to what the purpose of the rat-like tail is? No idea, but I do believe this may have been a reference to seagulls being called "sea rats", so they combined a pelican, a seagull and a rat. Certainly some of my favourite familiars in a very long time. Edit: oh but I can definitely confirm one thing: the ears. They make very little sense, not in a sense "oh birds/bird-like creatures aren't supposed to have earlobes" since we have gryphons who have earlobes, but this poses a problem because this is an animal highly adapted to life around water. Animals who live around or in water tend to have very reduced ears, but there are some outliers... I guess instead of seeing these as ears, you could interpret them as decorations such as wattles and combs on chickens.

[quote name="Arsea" date="2022-03-18 23:17:47" ] ah, the scrunkly [/quote] that's exactly what i thought when i saw them xD "scrunkly"

im not gonna lie the battle animation makes me feel just a little too ill to be comfortable. static image is fine but makes coli a little more boring haha

Thank you, @Natron! You always know such interesting things.

Feathery Fiends

they look like they escaped from the waterway

Put them back in the Fortress of Ends where they escaped from.

[img]https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/148/188/329.png[/img] they really didn't have to do anything to make pelicans any worse than they already are, but i think we should all thank the artists for going above and beyond

@luminagricola JKSJDKJS was not expecting that, glad you like the little science insert! I think I might try to draw these guys for funsies and do some slight anatomical alteration like shortening the tail and giving them an uropatagium (membrane that spreads between the legs, encasing the tail for stabilisation).

I love pelicans so much, they're so similar to spinosaurs.