Post by Lyrikitty on Nov 12, 2008 12:24:16 GMT -5
Whersport - the closest natural relatives to the firelizards, whersports are a much less notable species with little in the way of mental abilities. They have only two colour phases --
brown in the male and green in the female, with the smooth hide having a far more mottled appearance than the firelizards -- and are larger than their cousins, with the large males reaching the length of a man's arm. Usually shy animals, they live in tropical forests where mated pairs defend hunting territories -- they take small wherries and other animals, but the bulk of their diet is made up of the eggs of other species and, especially, crawlers. Whersports have heavily clawed forelimbs that they use to rip open the rock-like nests of certain tropical crawlers, collecting the inhabitants with their long sticky tongues. Their wings are functional but they rarely use them except in emergency -- they are poor fliers and vulnerable to aerial predators, rarely leaving cover if they can help it. They are edible and their flesh is considered a delicacy by humans, reflecting the fact that they are not easy to find and catch.
brown in the male and green in the female, with the smooth hide having a far more mottled appearance than the firelizards -- and are larger than their cousins, with the large males reaching the length of a man's arm. Usually shy animals, they live in tropical forests where mated pairs defend hunting territories -- they take small wherries and other animals, but the bulk of their diet is made up of the eggs of other species and, especially, crawlers. Whersports have heavily clawed forelimbs that they use to rip open the rock-like nests of certain tropical crawlers, collecting the inhabitants with their long sticky tongues. Their wings are functional but they rarely use them except in emergency -- they are poor fliers and vulnerable to aerial predators, rarely leaving cover if they can help it. They are edible and their flesh is considered a delicacy by humans, reflecting the fact that they are not easy to find and catch.