#fathom dragons

[goannafr]

new modern

[corvidconvergence]

Happy Wavecrest!!

A small selection of my ocean-goers

Irisviel || Cordelia

Innette || Merrow

Conqueror || Akane

Gwennol || Jasorat

Chum || Mariana

[grimxark]

Flight Rising Dragon species redesign and description: FATHOMS. (Under cut)

MIRRORS ,

FAE

My design for Fathoms is based off: Manta Rays, Sea lions and seals, blue whales and whale sharks, orcas.

SEXUAL DISMORPHISM? Females are often larger than males.

NOTE: Individuals above of different subspecies. Male is closer related to whale sharks, female closer to Giant manta rays.

Diet: giant squid, sharks, fish, seals, birds that get too close to water, plants, algae. Fathoms are remarkable hunters.

DESCRIPTION: Fathom dragons are highly social and vocal creatures, traveling in pods which often consist of multiple generations of the same family. These dragons are one of the largest creatures in the ocean, and the biggest of the currently known dragons. They can have a variety of colors and patterns, of which are often dictated by their pod's overall dna. Albinos of this species are exceptionally rare, and a sight to see.

Each pod of Fathoms has its own clear song and language, with one "global" language they have been seen to sing to other travelling pods when meeting. Pods have also been observed to adopt creatures of other species, sometimes being seen treating them almost as pets.

Despite highly social and often gentle nature, Fathoms are almost strictly carnivores and have remarkable hunting techniques which are passed down from generation to generation and sometimes pod to pod, often improved on the more it is used. They have never attacked humans or other dragons.

These giant creatures, despite their size, rely on lungs. They must resurface every few minutes to breathe, but can hold their breath for hours at a time as they often hunt in the depths of the oceans, looking for giant squid and other deep sea goodness. Fathoms also enjoy sunbathing in rocks and land. They are clumsy walkers on land, and though they love to explore the world beyond their oceans, they prefer the lightness of the waters and the warmths of the sand. With their huge mass, walking on land is not only tricky, but slow and sometimes destructive.

Fathoms do not fly. Though they enjoy breaching the water's surface and hovering above it for a few seconds, much like a flying fish or a manta ray would, they are much too heavy to take flight. Their limbs suggest that once they did take to the skies, but at one point decided to find their home in the oceans.

[fr-sucrose]

shade-blessed cherub, bronze-age cherub, star-burst cherub, and moon-touched cherub available soon!

price will be 850g each and they are skincents for fathom hatchling pose.

[valspals-fr]

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day from Sylveon!

[rotten-roses-clan]

I've seen people talking about how if this ship was so old it'd be decayed by now and...yes, but actually no!

Organisms in the ocean did not start out eating wood! That was something that was developed by creatures near the surface for driftwood--creatures on the bottom of the ocean only developed this adaptation after we started using wooden ships, because there was now food (wood) and a use for being able to eat it. For the longest time, if a ship sank to the bottom of the ocean, there was nothing down there that could eat it

The shipwreck of the Endurance is a good example. Due to currents and temperature drops, none of the wood-eating organisms have gotten close to antartica (thats part of why undersea life there is so weird, there's few (if any) predators due to how hard it is for most creatures to get over there)

The Endurance sank in 1915, there's articles from 2022 that show these pictures:

there's stuff living on it, but nothing eating it. You can still read the name! It looks pretty damn pristine for being on the bottom of the ocean for 100+ years

This is to say: if it's been ages since wooden sailing ships (or if whoever "they" were didn't get very far into ocean exploration) it makes sense that not much eats wood at the bottom of the ocean. Or, maybe the sea of a thousand currents' currents aren't conducive for those organisms to get to this shipwreck. Who knows!

In conclusion: plausible, I'm excited to see where this goes

[sparkylurkdragon]

Ecco the Fathom! Just changed him over from a Coatl!

[starwolf-fr]

Pirate <3