- An open species.
original lines by MissionFlight
- Rules/guidelines
-Do not claim as your own
-You may have unlimited spikes
-Line edits major or small welcome
-Please bump if you use.
-Don't steal other peoples designs
-They can be your fursona's
-You may take off CS, give credit back
-You can sell your designs
-You may make unlimited free adopts for yourself and others
-You cannot start shops with them, only design sales off the original post
-You may gift your spike to someone else
-They can breed although there are no baby lines
Spikes are a reptile species located in the tropical regions of the world.
They come in all sizes, shaped and colors. Some are even know grow extra tails and limbs. Spikes can rarely survive without humidity, their skin gets dried and they cannot shed or digest their food properly, although in regions where spikes are owned and there is no humidity, pool soaks for a few hours a day keeps them healthy. A spike is a very good swimmer and enjoy spending most of their time in the water. Their paws suggest they are not swimmers, but they rarely ever actually 'swim'. They claw on the bottom of the waters floor much like an alligator, and when they want to catch something or go up to the surface, spikes use their tail to steer and allow them to move. They prey on fish and small birds, and do not eat plants. Female spikes can live up to 35 years while the males lifespan can reach 20. Spikes have about 500 offspring at a time (Very tiny eggs), but only 1 or 2 are actually able to make it to adulthood, the others wash down the stream or are eaten, or simply just do not hatch. Mother and father spikes rarely stick around to care for the newborns, although some mothers have been recorded protecting their nesting places. Spikes can see in the dark, see clearly underwater and have an amazing sense of hearing, and use their long tail as a weapon much like how iguanas do. They'll warn you with a few waves and then if you don't back off, they'll hit you, and they'll hit you hard. The spikes on their back are just as dangerous, measuring almost a foot long if they haven't fallen off and are fully ready to be shot. When they stick one of their spikes into you, it detaches and lets out an ooze that bounds itself to your deep wound. They are very difficult to get off. Scientists trying to learn more about the species have been knocked out, and even had bones broken. Spikes sizes range from about the size of a penny at eggs, size of a fist at hatch. Half grown they are the size of a car tire not including their tail, and full grown they are as long as a queen sized bed and weight 120-150 pounds. Spikes are a dangerous species to intruders of their home, but get along with each-other quite nicely. Researcher Dave Manda was recorded as saying "I've noticed a few spikes helping others hunt, others that they weren't familiar with, as well as spikes travelling in groups of 10 or more. I think that they use each-other to their advantage." Some spikes are now rare household pets, and highly illegal to take in public places due to incidents that involved several deaths and injuries of passerby people.
