[qwertyo]

Been wanting to work on this species of mine lately. I wasn't very fond of the creature I originally designed that's mimicked by the tail. Just wasn't a fan of it anymore. May revamp it and so the concept doesn't go to waste.

Anyways, here's a revamp of the tail design for this species. For mimicry to work, the mimic must always look like the thing being mimicked, so now the tails of this species always has to be grey/white (made it a neutral color so it can work w/ most palettes). It makes a lot more sense, I think. And now the creature being mimicked is a serpent of sorts. It's a very poisonous creature, so every animal avoids it when they see it. I wanted to make the tail closely resemble the creature, but it's not perfect, of course. The real creature has real eyes that usually has a shine because lighting, while the fake is plain black. The tail is also a lil' fluffy, while the real thing has a smooth texture of sorts (best to think of it as a land eel and not a snake, haha).

Since this species is pretty colorful and that tends to make them stick out, they'll hide in all sorts of crevices and make their tail stick out. It's also not uncommon to see them use camouflage in the form of covering themselves in all kinds of foliage and dirt. Usually, the tail works pretty well in doing its job. Predators from far away will see it, and just back off. It's pretty convincing, though it won't fool a keen eye (or if someone sees the other end of the tail). Since the serpent thing is known to be aggressive and deadly (one bite is enough to kill usually), no one wants to take their chances upon seeing one.

Now that I've gotten somewhere with this species, I'll probably start making adoptables at my adoption center. First adopt will probs be a species naming comp because I still cannot find a name for these things.

[solflo]

Lovely! Maybe... Falsos? Falso means fake in portuguese cx
You could use it as a base. Idk, I'm not creative right now, it's 6 a.m. and I just woke up.

[clouds-move-on]

Will you have the examples up for adoption? I shall love to enter for the top design.

[qwertyo]

Lovely! Maybe... Falsos? Falso means fake in portuguese cx
You could use it as a base. Idk, I'm not creative right now, it's 6 a.m. and I just woke up.

Hmm, Falso does sound pretty neat. Wanna explore some other options though.

Will you have the examples up for adoption? I shall love to enter for the top design.

The two I have colored in to the left there are sorta my examples. I was mostly testing out if the grey/white tail really does go with most palettes. I'm fond of the top one, but I do plan on putting it up for adoption. Might make it the first adopt since it's already designed here.

[Master of Nothing]

These guys look really cool! I'd definitely adopt one.

[serl]

yyes i want them

[qwertyo]

These guys look really cool! I'd definitely adopt one.

yyes i want them

Thanks for the interest you two!

Probs gonna have the first adopt up in the next hour or so, I'm currently working on some lines for them. I think I might do the same things as the competition I have for one of my pallios, a naming competition in which the winner will win their own custom of these things. Least I can do for the person who gives this species it's name.