#tripodero

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Creatures, and animals that the critters you can get in Critter Rehabitation Center are based on.

Tripodero

The tripodero is one of the fearsome critters. The fearsome critters are made up animals, that American wood cuters made up as jokes.

The hunts, by shooting clay at it's pry with it's nose. The clay pellets stun the pry, allowing the tripodero to devour it. The tripodero is associated primarily with construction sites, railroads, and engineering projects.

2. Splintercat

The splintercat one of the fearsome critters too.

It's a really strong cat, that flays through the air, and breaks trees with it's head, by runing into them.

3. Teakattler

The teakettler is an another fearsome critter. It's a small animal, that sounds like whistle of a teakettle. Walks backwards, and has steam comming out of it's nose.

4. Dodough

The dodough, is not based on a mythical animal, but an extinc one. It's based on the dodo bird.

The dodo was a flighless bird, that lived on Mauritius. It's on the coat of arms of the country. Those birds were isolated for a long time, and because of this, these birds were fearless. This lead to they extinction. The dodo went extinct because of deforestation, hunting, and they nests being distroyd by animals like rats and dogs that the Duch brought with them to the island.

They went extinct in 1681.

5. Moon-Eyed Fiddler

It's based on the fiddler crab. (Sorry for the bad picture).

6. Sarmatian deal snail

The sarmatian deal snail is a big snail. It has antler with gleaming, pearl-like tips, a rounded cat-like snout with whiskers, glowing eyes that light it's path in the dark, a thick neck, a long tail, and unlike ever other snail it has lefs with claws.

It usually is in the open sea, but when the weather is good it sometimes goas out to the beach to sun gaze.

Most of the reports of this snail are from Denmark.

7. Pinnacle grouse

An another one of the fearsome critters.

The pinnacle grouse is a bird that only has one wing, that is strong enough to fly. When it's flaying, it's suprisingly elegant, and fast.

8. Furry anglerfish

The furry anglerfish is ovoiusly based on the anglerfish.

9. Axehandle hound

And last but not least, the axe-handle hound. An another one of the fearsome critters.

It's a dog with a body that resemembles a axe handle, head is shaped like an axe blade, and with short stubby legs.

These dogs's diet consists of axe handles.

Sources:-Wikipedia

-A Book od Creatures

-SamKalensky

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I keep forgetting to post this so uh...

Tripodero, Sakura pen and white brush pen on sketchpad paper, 2024

Kinda like how this guy looks... might do a black shuck, chickcharney or something else next...

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While initially a bit goofy in appearance, the tripodero is an incredibly effective hunter, able to calculate the exact height and angles needed to strike its prey into a daze with high speed projectiles.

A sniper who shoots down its prey with chilling accuracy, a fearsome critter indeed...

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a lil fearsome critter sketchpage. clockwise left to right we have a tripoderoo, agropelter, hodag, and a billdad

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Tripodero

The Tripodero of the Californian chaparral and foothills has a small, strong body on two telescopic legs, with a kangaroo-like tail balancing it behind. The face is all nose, with a storage pouch in its left jaw. The legs extend to stand tall, or collapse to crawl through underbrush.

Prey is stunned with clay slugs stored in the pouch. Tripoderos have perfect aim, and devour prey bones and all.

Unlike other fearsome critters, the tripodero is associated primarily with construction sites, railroads, and engineering projects.

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While many species are negatively impacted by humanity's growing population and ever increasing land development, there are some that thrive in these new man-made ecosystems, or at least stubbornly hang on. This is a situation that can be seen in California, where the endemic Tripodero have been found to be incredibly (and unfortunately) resilient. When the cities and suburbs started overtaking its habitat, many believed the populations of Tripodero would either run or face extinction. Rather, they have chosen to remain, as it turns out the world of man has enough to offer. Happy with a diet of birds and small animals, the pigeon-filled, rat-infested cities are a buffet for these beasts, providing plenty of food. The landscape of the suburbs works well for them too, as the bushes and hedges serve as perfect cover for these retractable beasts. They can squeeze into tight spaces and shrink down to hide behind minimal cover, making them difficult to spot or root out. With the species adapting well to the urban environment, there were some who believed it was a good thing. One of California's weirdest animals was going to survive, surely this was a thing to celebrate! If you ask any Californian about the survival of the Tripodero, they will be less than cheery. Turns out, a lot of folk wish this species stuck to the wilds or just vanished completely. Their easily-changeable height means they can get into attics or second-story windows. They can hide in bushes with ease and then startle nearby citizens when they rocket upwards on their legs. Don't even get the pet owners started, as lap dogs and house cats are the perfect size of these hungry beasts. No one likes finding their beloved pet brained by a mud pellet, especially if said pet was still inside their house. Windows are another causality of this species' reign, as they won't hesitate to take the shot if a tasty looking critter sits near these portals. Spitting earthy bullets isn't just for hunting, it is also for protection, so what do you think happens when a Tripodero is startled by a walker or passing car? The number of broken windshields skyrockets whenever the Tripodero population increases, and so do concussions. Efforts to eradicate these pests have been ongoing and slow, as it is difficult to fight an animal that has access to firepower. Most equipment and clothing provided to Animal Control are not meant for the battlefield, and a lot of employees don't want a job where they get shot at regularly. So it seems the Tripodero will forever remain a menace to The Golden State. Broken windows and assassinated pets will remain a constant here. The only silver lining is that it continues to be hilarious whenever these rotten little monsters snipes a tourist.       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back from vacation! Anyways, this is one of a couple pieces I drew a while back when I got onto a Fearsome Critter kick. This is one of those instances I feel like I don't really add much in sakes of unique twists and versions to these, but that is because these creatures are already ludicrous enough as it is. Can't get much weirder!