I was looking at the post Dama made on page 73 this morning -
rockruff wrote:
Question for any staff who'd like to answer: what does your pup smell like/of?
-slides in- mine would smell musky, perhaps like damp earth after it’s been raining.
So, my first thoughts were that perhaps Dama’s pup is a plant based pup and I posted my thoughts on Discord. These 3 have what looks to be plants on them

Dama responded - 🤔
Then I said, based on the musky smell, it could be more like a deer -
Prized since ancient times for its alluring fragrance, today musk can mean any of a number of substances used to scent perfumes. However, while in our modern era most musk is synthetically produced, when it first came on the scene, musk was only found in a scrotum-like sac on the bellies of male musk deer.
My guesses were these 2, but the lighter blue’s horns looks less deer-like

Dama responded with this hint - I will say you’re on the right track with the nature theme. That’s all I’m gonna say <:3c
So that lead me to this cutie, which I think is Dama’s pup since it also produces a musky odor

Platypuses do not smell bad. They smell like an animal that lives in burows and hunts for food in water. They produce a “musky” odor and scent mark objects.
Edit
Ummm, maybe the platypus pup is actually Paopu’s and I need to keep refining my guesses... Just a thought..l
Edit 2
So I am modifying my guesses. Another animal that smells of musk is the Lynx. I think this is Dama’s pup

And I think the Platypus pup is Paopu’s pup!

Edit 3
Dama posted a denial - I will confirm the lynx isnt mine though
and also
Yes! you’re quite warm on the hot-cold scale ^.^
Edit 4
perhaps it’s this pup with the fish tail

Edit 5 (and hopefully last edit) - after discussing with Sarluna, and with Dama’s latest hint, I am going to guess this pup

the crystals usually are formed in calves, which are natural and can be very musky. The fishtail pup was my guess for Burrito, so I’ll keep that guess with Burr.
and one more thing in reference to hot-cold scale -
Most caves are relatively shallow, only dozens to perhaps hundreds of feet below the surface. At this point there’s no warming from the interior of the earth and the cave temp is dependent on the average ambient air temperature on the surface. (there’s some variations to this.)
So caves in Puerto Rico for example are much warmer than caves in the alpine regions of Oregon and Washington.
That said, some caves are warmed by the surrounding Earth, especially extremely deep ones.
One cave that’s not particular deep but is in a hot area is Cueva do los Cristales which is nearly 1000′ below the surface: