entered in contest
Male Squidkey



This is a Squidkey and is refferred to by local tribes as Mudusa's Ape. The male has 11 large tentacles with claws at each end Primarily used for tree climbing and combat The female has around 8. The squidkey can walk but is much more agile in the trees. If the situiation calls for it the Squidkey can swim due to its seafaring ancestry but is not quite as used to water as a current squid. It is ominverous but peacefull and will not kill for food but rather for defense,food or territory. When the squidkey becomes intelligent it uses its 6 shorter center tentacles much like we usae our hands, such as holding tools or operating machineryThe female has around 10 of these. Its monkey ancestry also gives him a high learning rate and it is known to be playfully mischevious. Squid key babies need to be in water while they grow into a size in which their muscels are strong enough to grip tree branches. This also helps them learn to swim if they ever need to to escape or chase an offender of their territory. Baby squidkeys live in water baskets bade from large bannana tree like leaves created by their parents and start out with only their center 6 tentacle and grow the larger ones as they grow.Once the baby squid can live out in open air the female forms her 10 short tentacles into a sort of basket and carries him everywhere teaching him how to climb and forage. after this training is complete the male teaches the youngster how to defend himself. However unlike most specieas squidkey children stay with their family. Most squidkey family groups count up to around 30. They help eachother defend their land and forage for food together. whaile the group will encounter other family group occasionally the events are usually not violent and usually provide the optimum time for breeding if it is breeding season. Breeding season is in the and of winter to make it easy to keep the babies water basket full with water since spring is full of rain and the babies can train in the summer. The tipical squidkey lives aroud 60 years a little less than a human. The squidkeys gain the ability of camoflauge around the age of 10 which is when they start their mandatory teritory guarding shifts for the family. The camoflauge only works when the animal is completelt still but if it does it is completely invisible. The most common reason Squidkeys attack other creatures is they either tresspass or trip over them when they are camo'ed on the ground. Squidkey wars are uncommon but when they do happen the whole family participate with only around a mixed gender group of around 4 protecting the young. Lives in Amazon like forests.
This will be my first creature when spore comes out so look out for it on your planet

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