Post by Lyrikitty on Nov 20, 2008 21:03:10 GMT -5
Longnecks - these are air-breathing carnivores, feeding on
fish, spiderclaws and watercrawlers. A small, often beaked, head is balanced at the end of a long, sinuous neck connected to a thick, streamlined body; there is one pair of flippers, a heavy, vertically flattened tail used for propulsion, and a prominent dorsal ridge that is often fairly ornate in some marine species. Found in all of Pern's major seas and oceans, marine longnecks are egg-layers, the females seeking out traditional beaches to lay their two eggs and raise their young to the point where they can swim and feed independently. There are also several species of longneck found in freshwater rivers and lakes, these tend to be much smaller and shorter-necked than their marine relatives and are almost all capable of giving live birth.
fish, spiderclaws and watercrawlers. A small, often beaked, head is balanced at the end of a long, sinuous neck connected to a thick, streamlined body; there is one pair of flippers, a heavy, vertically flattened tail used for propulsion, and a prominent dorsal ridge that is often fairly ornate in some marine species. Found in all of Pern's major seas and oceans, marine longnecks are egg-layers, the females seeking out traditional beaches to lay their two eggs and raise their young to the point where they can swim and feed independently. There are also several species of longneck found in freshwater rivers and lakes, these tend to be much smaller and shorter-necked than their marine relatives and are almost all capable of giving live birth.