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Week 5: Style and Refinement and Library Research-Click Here to return to Term 6 Character Design and Development |
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Proper Links for image sources - Bat1 - http://www.topnews.in/how-bats-land-their-daytime-perches-2142550
Bat3 - http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/BatInformation/batinfo.htm Bat4 - http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/02/26/lesser-long-nosed-bats/ Lam1 – http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~youson/lamprey-photo.htm Lam2 – http://home.istar.ca/~ucatchem/kingstonfishingreport.htm Lam3 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/planetearthunderthreat/2007/07/in_search_of_sea_lampreys Lam5 – http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/208456/70896/Lamprey-on-rainbow-trout Lam6 - http://nyfalls.com/wildlife/Wildlife-fish-lamprey.html Description The Swavamps (Swamp Vampires) are a hybrid creature design. Basically speaking, they have the wings of a bat and the body of the lamprey. The bat wings serve several purposes and will need to be rather large. The wings actually start off as the eggshell that encompasses a larva. The egg hatching is actually the wings being spread for the very first time. Being hard and ridged, the wings are used primarily for walking across land, much in the same fashion as the bat. It can utilize its body in a snake like fashion to help, but its primary mode of locomotion is walking. The Swavamp needs to get to water quickly as it is born dehydrated and close to death. Feeding comes secondary once the creature is hydrated in either a puddle or a river. Once it has the strength to continue, it will search out and find a larger body of water in which to mature. This parasitic creature will feed on anything on the ground to keep itself hydrated along the way. The Swavamp stays aquatic until it is big enough and strong enough to survive outside of the waters. During this time, the body and wings grow larger and stronger. The Swavamp also develops a bony hook at its tail end which it can use for many things like hanging from trees or hooking on to larger prey. Once it leaves the waters, it has the strength to climb trees. Here is when it begins hunting larger prey and developing its flying skills. At first it glides and dives, as it matures in to adult hood, it will have the strength to take off in to flight from the ground. The Swavamp never loses its ability to walk on its wings or return to the waters. The Swavamp has leather bat wings extending out to a 6 foot wingspan in full grown adults. The body can grow as long as 4.5 feet and the mouth can get large enough to swallow a basket ball. It breathes through a hole in its head, like a dolphin. The skin along the body is of the same texture as the leathery wings, just a bit slimier. This is when it is fully healthy and not dehydrated. If dehydration occurs, the skin will dry up and crack, becoming a snakelike scale. In severe cases (usually during mating rituals), the Swavamp will lose the ability to fly due to the increasing rigidness of its skin. The boney hook like appendage that sticks out from the end of its tail can get as long as 10 inches forming a deadly hook. A Swavamps mouth folds in on itself to close, making a seam that runs from nose to jaw along the length of its head. The mouth opens sideways using muscles since this creature lacks a jaw. The mouth is used as a suction device and is perfectly round. Lining the interior of the mouth, you will find rows and rows of sharp teeth, not unlike the sarlacc pit in Star wars. The tail hook can also be used to support its weight while hanging from trees and await prey or just sleep in a safe place. They range in colors from a dark brackish brown that is almost black, to a very light grey depending on their age. They tend to get darker with age. The Swavamp is so called because it lives primarily in swampy regions or rainforests. In larger rainforests, their natural predators’ make them a rare but deadly finding. In more rural swamps, they can overrun the swamp with a vicious infestation. This is when human encounters most often occur. Adventurous children can often come home screaming with a young Swavamp stuck to their head or back. Although these can kill a small child, it can take several hours since the young Swavamps lack the strength to break bones; unlike their parents.
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