#yamakumo

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THIS IS AN OBORO AND HIZASHI FRIENDSHIP ZONE

THIS IS WHERE WE APPRECIATE HOW FUCKING CUTE (LOOK AT THEM MIMICKING EACH OTHER) AND WHOLESOME AND CLOSE THESE TWO FRIENDS WERE!!!!!!

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Some doodles of the yamakumo

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I guess I'll start things off with a creature that I had thought of for a while, and decided to draw them 3 days ago

This is the Yamakumo, a long bodied beast with 8 limbs, 4 being the hands and 4 being the feet, and resides in swamps. They have very long hair that touches the ground and covers the top of their body, and it never sheds. The hair is very important for them to have, as their skin is very sensitive to sunlight, and if they are hairless, they can get sunburned very easily.

These creatures like to keep their hair clean and straight, and they do that by using their claws to comb their strands. What's interesting is that the claws themselves, both fingers and toes, have tiny bumps on them that point downward, and on closer inspection reveals that they look similar to rubber pins on a hairbrush (or simply called bristles), earning them the nickname "living hairbrush".

With that being said though, they are able to swim, dive, and float on top of water, which causes a lot of cases of their hair collecting algae and the like, since they live in swamplands. They will still brush their hair to get things out of it regardless, and can clean themselves off in any open freshwater if they so chose.

Yamakumos are docile and are herbivores, so they are quite friendly. It is easy to befriend one of these tall creatures, and it has been said that some have been adopted from the wild to work in spas and massage therapies, as they would brush other kinds of hair and give affection through touch, much like, well, massages. Ones that have encountered a yamakumo and felt their claws claim that it was like a hair brush itself, feeling soft and soothing on their skin.

So if you encounter one of these creatures, don't be alarmed. They might just give you a hug.