February Midmonth - Babitanah

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February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Babitanah (2-shard)

Many animals have impressive tusks, but few are as spectacular as the curled canines of an adult male babitanah. Males use their tusks in combat, rutting with each other to defend their territories and impress onlooking females. The fights can go on for hours, even days, and become quite bloody if neither combatant is willing to back down. While the upper tusks are by far the most noteworthy, growing continually throughout the animal's life and requiring constant grinding to keep from piercing their own skull, they're actually used primarily for self-defense. The upper teeth form a sort of shield between a babitanah and its opponent, while the straight lower teeth form gouging weapons capable of doing considerable damage. A female's tusks are much smaller by comparison, but don't be fooled -- any determined babitanah can make quick work of whatever displeases them with those tusks.

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This egg has a crest of stiff bristles.

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Young babitanah are charming creatures, intelligent as dogs and easily capable of solving puzzles or learning tricks. They're easy to train and make for good companions, provided one has enough room and food for them as they grow larger. The young are highly social and love to play with each other and their human companions during the day. They take a while to learn how to use their sharp sense of smell, but once they do, they love to run off into the woods to search for odd foods like truffles. Of course, their fondness for rare foods seems to be the one thing no one can train them to resist, hence the Keep's kitchens enforcing a ban on unaccompanied babitanahs.
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Fully-grown, a babitanah can be over ten feet long and easily sturdy enough for a brave magi to ride upon. They aren't fast like their cehual cousins, but if trained from a young age, they can become accustomed to a specialized saddle and ridden through many unforgiving environments. They're a favorite mount for search and rescue parties due to their strong sense of smell and fierce tusks, which allow them to move obstacles and protect their rider from danger. When they're not working, babitanahs are on a constant search for food. They're not especially lazy, despite common misconceptions, and tend to be active through much of the day and night. While females and young pigs are amiable toward one another, males defend small territories from strange pigs, becoming much more aggressive during the breeding season. At the Keep, babitanah boars are given enchanted dummies to defend their territories against instead of other pigs, and their pens are kept a good distance away from each other to keep them all from getting seriously injured.
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Please be a flying pig. :D
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Oh yeah, earth pig
personal zodiac sign is pig, time to suffer
Bets on it being a big huge forest boar

Edit: Well I found a female
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Hatched a male and a female — can confirm there's no dimorphism for hatchlings. They're cute ^.^
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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ooh these are cute! the name & the description makes me wonder if they're based on babirusa at all, though the coloring on the baby makes me think wild boar (one of the stripey ones probably) is more likely.
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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feralkiwi wrote:ooh these are cute! the name & the description makes me wonder if they're based on babirusa at all, though the coloring on the baby makes me think wild boar (one of the stripey ones probably) is more likely.
I think definitely a Babarusa, I remember watching something on animal planet as a kid that said that if a male babirusa lived long enough it might be unfortunate enough to have it's teeth grow and curl into its skull. D:
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Male... doesn't seem to be dimorphism. ^.^

Edit: Didn't realize Magics already found this out. :lol: That what happens at 2 am! :t-boo:
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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Does anyone have an adult of this yet? I think we are all busy with the VD creatures xD
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Re: February Midmonth - Babitanah

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No ideas what the adult sprite looks like yet?
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