Meet Freddy Crowell The Zombie:
the worm with a weirdly human name.
...or their informal unofficial nickname Freddius Tricaudatus.
A, D. ICHUM 4832 (holotype); B, E. ICHUM 4830 (paratype); C, F. ICHUM 4832 (holotype). Abbreviations: aa, auxiliary apparatus; aln, addition
it has a tusk either side of its chin,
a fangs protruding from the outside of each cheek on its face,
and a pair of modified nostrils,
that stick out to the sides like a mustache,
each with a single finger-like talon claw protruding from the end,
with the sickle-like inside edge of it pointing forwards,
kinda like a bobbit worm.
its mouth, located at the front of the abdomen,
can shoot out a pair of praying mantis like hooked blade arms,
or more accurately more like a mantis shrimp,
that snatch prey and pull them directly into their belly.
also its tail (yes, tail, not its foot) has 3 feathered appendages,
which despite being fanned out left to right,
kinda look a bit like a rooster's tail.
also, despite its male parts being located in its head like normal,
its female parts are located in its chest, like molluscs.
in case you're wondering about the name,
'zombie' just means that it has 3 tail feathers.
yeah, that was the original meaning of the word zombie,
before we somehow used that word to replace the word ghoul.
Uh-oh! Skeletons have taken over the photo reference repository!
The taxonomists are taking a well-deserved fall sabbatical... but when the scientists are away, the skeletons will play!
They’ve been a little over-enthusiastic about allocating the bone stash without supervision this Halloween.
Everything is a vertebrate now! You get a spine, and you get a spine, and you get — well, we’re not really sure what that last guy built. Better to just smile and nod.
Step right up! For one night only, view a world in which cladistics aren’t enforced and taxonomy is non-euclidean!
The skeletons are very proud of their ossified fins and feathers. Some are even wearing their Halloween costumes already! Quick, tell them they look cute before science reasserts itself.
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