#creature compendium

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Most artistic renditions of cecaelia portray them with a greater resemblance to humans to make them more palatable; in reality they appear quite alien.

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Creature Art Updated

More research has gone into the Felis Regius Creature and although I am not quite ready to share my written work with everyone, I have received some art of them that is ready to be shared with others. These long creatures seem hard for some artists to capture with their strange body plans, but two individuals I have contacted were up for the task. More art will be needed to fully understand the species, but with every day that passes we learn a little more about how the Felis Regius work.

Art drawn by Voiidless

As well as by Shirokuro Sumi

Felis Regius information can be foundin the Almanac here

[curiouscorvidcreaturecompendium]

Moonglow jellies are some of the most bioluminescent animals on the planet— larger swarms can even be seen from space.

Like most jellyfish they are docile and indifferent to humans. The inner tentacles have venomous nematocysts, but the venom is only mildly irritating to humans. The venom is far more effective against lanternfish, which comprises most of their diet. Only the final medusa stage of the jellyfish's life cycle is bioluminescent, likely because only the mature medusa is able to defend itself against predators in the deep aphotic zone of the ocean. Once grown, however, the Moonglow Jelly glows brighter than anything else from the ocean, and is visible from miles away.

After reaching adulthood, these jellies tend to migrate from the most distant reaches of the Pacific Ocean to warmer coastal waters, which has more microbes for their young to feed on. They are repelled by artificial lights of cities, but can sometimes be spotted passing by small coastal towns.

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Gelatinous Slime (cube) full research entry

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New official emblem for the Curious Corvid Creature Compendium; Invertebrate volume

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Also known as the "Skolex" in the Indus River Valley region., W. indicus is a very large species of saw-toothed worm, closely related and morphologically similar to its closest cousin, the now-extinct marine worm W. armstrongi.

Pale and carnivorous, Indus worms are native to the Indus river valley, characterized by long, white bodies, large venomous mandibles, and symmetrical pairs of parapodium (lateral outgrowths or protrusions from the body used to assist movement) on each body segment.. They tend to burrow in the mud of the river bed during the day, emerging in the cool of night to hunt easy livestock prey like horses, cows, donkeys, camels, but also occasionally humans. They will also attack potential prey who happen to walk over their sleeping place, though this is more likely to occur near sunset or sunrise.

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Kraken are….big.

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The problem fundamentally with Nordic kraken is that at the end of the day they’re octopus which are notoriously 1. Curious and 2. Spiteful. Everyone makes them out to be these vicious vengeful sea monsters. But if you sail your little boat within reach of a toddler the size of a house with tentacles can you expect it not to climb this magnificent new jungle gym?