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These pesky critters are everywhere in the deep damp forests. They don't tend to both you unless provoked and i don't intend on experiencing the stinging pain from their fangs!
They can be seen feeding upon rotting carcass's of other creatures or even sucking the blood of live ones!
Quite a large fly with a wing span of 20cm and body length of 15cm.
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| Flying Catfish aka Water Dragon |
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This huge creature with a a body length of up to 10metres and a wing span almost doubling that dominates the vast intertwined rivers and lakes. This creature is unique as it can breathe above and below the surface. Like a fish it uses gills to breathe under water but like the mud skipper it can also breath above the surface. I can only do this by keeping its gills and body as moist as possible. Adapted glands cover its body like an amphibian which secretes a lubricant enabling it to exit the water.
they have been spotted around wetland bog areas, lakes and rivers and even gliding on thermals around waterfalls. This truly is a water dragon. It feeds upon fish, birds and even small mammals.
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| King Fisher. |
This king fisher is like no other, this creature has earned this title purely on its skills at fishing for prey. Its hawk like eyes pick up on the slightest movements beneath the waters surface but what is more clever is its ability to pick up on heat signals enabling pin point accuracy when swooping down for a kill. The long snout with piercingly long teeth easily puncture skin and bone making them sure of success.
Its flat feet are used for balance and skim the waters surface when capturing a meal, the huge wing span enables a greater lift when pushing back off the water.
Can be spotted in most wetland marsh areas.
Similar to the Water Dragon it too has adapted the ability to exit the murky depths and can be seen basking upon beach fronts during the daylight hours absorbing the heat from the sun. Its lubricating gland ensure its precious skin doesn't dry out. When too warm it simply slips back into the sea to cool down or feed upon seaweed and algae. Its two front limbs help the creature support itself when feeding off rocks or even allow it to forage amongst rocks and coral.
This ray is difference to anything Ive seen before, it hosts a single large eye and a stinging tail. These creatures are only small at most 1metre from nose to tail tip and a body size of less than half that. It has a small mouth opening below the eye and it appears to feed on anything floating by; plankton, seaweed, small fish and even rotting creature carcass's.
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