Post by Asphyxia on Dec 13, 2009 14:54:20 GMT -5
THE WOODLANDS and FIELDS
Wild Boar - These creatures are highly adaptable, easily moving across terrain and making different lands their homes. Their thick hide can stand a range of climates and their large tusks prove to be the bane of any predator to approach. They use these tusks both as weapons and as tools, having no qualms about standing their ground against a predator or defending themselves. They're well known for their pig-like appearance, with their mangy hair, protruding tusks and their annoyingly high-pitched squeal.
Black Bear - These predators are small, usually only standing at a height of two and a half to three feet tall at the shoulder, with long, lanky legs, thick bodies and small heads. These omnivores will often stand their ground to protect their young or to fight for the salmon rivers, but can be cowards in the face of more than one or two opponents and will climb up trees to escape the predator. They're excellent swimmers, great climbers and have the ability to kill an adult elk with a paw swipe. Facing these guys one on one is not recommended.
Weasels and Rodents - Rodents, including mice, rats, weasels, and the largest of known rodents, the capybara. These creatures can often make a good quick snack for the wolf, although smaller rodents are often very sly and will notice an oncoming predator before it notices them. Capybara's are gentle creatures, often having little problem with humans, and often being a favorite meal of predators. These semi-aquatic animals live in large groups, unlike their cousin rodents, making for a much larger, easier kill for a wolf.
Porcupine - Never a rodent to mess with, the Porcupines here are vast, usually living in the woodland areas and fields of Torqueo Somnium. Approach one of these quilled beasts and you'll soon be rushing out with a face full of quills that are difficult and painful to remove. They often spend time in trees and search endlessly for salt to eat or lick up.
THE VALLEYS
Roosevelt Elk - Well known as one of the largest species of deer found, these guys tend to the valleys and woodlands more than anything. Found in large herds, often only staying in single-sex groups. Only males grow large antlers which they shed each year, dangerous and unafraid to pierce the flesh of a predator. When these antlers are shed, the males will form groups of bachelors to help cooperatively fend off predators.
Black-Tailed Deer - While often found in the valleys, this species thrives on the edge of the forest. They use the valleys and underbrush for food, while they seek the shelter of the trees from predators and harsh weather. These deer, along with the white-tailed deer, make up for a large portion of the wolves meals.
White-Tailed Deer - Found in small to large sized herds, generally run by one buck who looks after his harem, these creatures are also a large part of the wolf diet. These deer will lash out at predators with their sharp hooves and the males large antlers.
Snowshoe Hare - To camouflage the hare, in summer, its coat turns to a lush rusty brown, in winter, turning into a wondrous white to shield it in the snow. It's large hind feet with thick fur help to prevent it from sinking into snow and are powerful to propel it to large distances at high speeds to escape predators. They're well known for their cutting edge turns at random points in a chase to lose the predator. They're known for turning cannibalistic if their herbivorous diet is low in protein, and will even eat dead mice.
THE WATERWAYS
Cottonmouth Snake - Being a semi-aquatic snake, this snake can be found in water or on land. Adults will deliver a painful and often fatal bite when provoked. Its diet consists mainly of frogs and fish, but often includes carrion. Their display of threat is often gaping their mouths wide open for their opponent to view, while vibrating their tail and curving their bodies. It is also known for flattening its body and ejecting a pungent odor.
Beaver - Beaver can largely be found in the rivers and lakes of Torqueo, building their large dams. These rodents are nocturnal and often found early morning at sunrise, late into the night or during sunset. Beavers are not often a part of the diet of the wolf. Their diet is made up of bark and cambium. Beavers also eat other vegetation like roots and buds and other water plants.
Salmon - Salmon is a diet that has become a part of the wolves of Torqueo Somnium for generations. This diet is often fought for amongst the black bears and wolves. Living in the ocean or great lakes, these fish often travel through the rivers to Torqueo and in what is known as Salmon Runs in order to return to where they were originally born to again, spawn. These are peak times to hunt the fish which are rich in protein, Omega-3 fatty acids which can be essential to a healthy coat and skin in wolves, as well as vitamin D. These fish are very tasty and a well known delicacy.
River Otter - Sharing the waters with the Beavers, Otters live in and swim in the rivers and lakes of Torqueo Somnium, often seen eating fish or playing. Their burrows are oftentimes found very close to the water edge, often with tunnels for entering and exiting into the water itself via the burrow. While fish are favored among river otters, they will often feed upon amphibians, crayfish and turtles.
THE MOUNTAINOUS RANGE
Wild Boar - These creatures are highly adaptable, easily moving across terrain and making different lands their homes. Their thick hide can stand a range of climates and their large tusks prove to be the bane of any predator to approach. They use these tusks both as weapons and as tools, having no qualms about standing their ground against a predator or defending themselves. They're well known for their pig-like appearance, with their mangy hair, protruding tusks and their annoyingly high-pitched squeal.
Black Bear - These predators are small, usually only standing at a height of two and a half to three feet tall at the shoulder, with long, lanky legs, thick bodies and small heads. These omnivores will often stand their ground to protect their young or to fight for the salmon rivers, but can be cowards in the face of more than one or two opponents and will climb up trees to escape the predator. They're excellent swimmers, great climbers and have the ability to kill an adult elk with a paw swipe. Facing these guys one on one is not recommended.
Weasels and Rodents - Rodents, including mice, rats, weasels, and the largest of known rodents, the capybara. These creatures can often make a good quick snack for the wolf, although smaller rodents are often very sly and will notice an oncoming predator before it notices them. Capybara's are gentle creatures, often having little problem with humans, and often being a favorite meal of predators. These semi-aquatic animals live in large groups, unlike their cousin rodents, making for a much larger, easier kill for a wolf.
Porcupine - Never a rodent to mess with, the Porcupines here are vast, usually living in the woodland areas and fields of Torqueo Somnium. Approach one of these quilled beasts and you'll soon be rushing out with a face full of quills that are difficult and painful to remove. They often spend time in trees and search endlessly for salt to eat or lick up.
THE VALLEYS
Roosevelt Elk - Well known as one of the largest species of deer found, these guys tend to the valleys and woodlands more than anything. Found in large herds, often only staying in single-sex groups. Only males grow large antlers which they shed each year, dangerous and unafraid to pierce the flesh of a predator. When these antlers are shed, the males will form groups of bachelors to help cooperatively fend off predators.
Black-Tailed Deer - While often found in the valleys, this species thrives on the edge of the forest. They use the valleys and underbrush for food, while they seek the shelter of the trees from predators and harsh weather. These deer, along with the white-tailed deer, make up for a large portion of the wolves meals.
White-Tailed Deer - Found in small to large sized herds, generally run by one buck who looks after his harem, these creatures are also a large part of the wolf diet. These deer will lash out at predators with their sharp hooves and the males large antlers.
Snowshoe Hare - To camouflage the hare, in summer, its coat turns to a lush rusty brown, in winter, turning into a wondrous white to shield it in the snow. It's large hind feet with thick fur help to prevent it from sinking into snow and are powerful to propel it to large distances at high speeds to escape predators. They're well known for their cutting edge turns at random points in a chase to lose the predator. They're known for turning cannibalistic if their herbivorous diet is low in protein, and will even eat dead mice.
THE WATERWAYS
Cottonmouth Snake - Being a semi-aquatic snake, this snake can be found in water or on land. Adults will deliver a painful and often fatal bite when provoked. Its diet consists mainly of frogs and fish, but often includes carrion. Their display of threat is often gaping their mouths wide open for their opponent to view, while vibrating their tail and curving their bodies. It is also known for flattening its body and ejecting a pungent odor.
Beaver - Beaver can largely be found in the rivers and lakes of Torqueo, building their large dams. These rodents are nocturnal and often found early morning at sunrise, late into the night or during sunset. Beavers are not often a part of the diet of the wolf. Their diet is made up of bark and cambium. Beavers also eat other vegetation like roots and buds and other water plants.
Salmon - Salmon is a diet that has become a part of the wolves of Torqueo Somnium for generations. This diet is often fought for amongst the black bears and wolves. Living in the ocean or great lakes, these fish often travel through the rivers to Torqueo and in what is known as Salmon Runs in order to return to where they were originally born to again, spawn. These are peak times to hunt the fish which are rich in protein, Omega-3 fatty acids which can be essential to a healthy coat and skin in wolves, as well as vitamin D. These fish are very tasty and a well known delicacy.
River Otter - Sharing the waters with the Beavers, Otters live in and swim in the rivers and lakes of Torqueo Somnium, often seen eating fish or playing. Their burrows are oftentimes found very close to the water edge, often with tunnels for entering and exiting into the water itself via the burrow. While fish are favored among river otters, they will often feed upon amphibians, crayfish and turtles.
THE MOUNTAINOUS RANGE
Cougar - Here is where the most apex predator may live, in large territories stretching often right across Torqueo with generally only one or two cougars in the territory. Often, they live among the mountainous range that stands between Torqueo and Cthonia, though the Cougars tend to move more toward Torqueo's temperate region than the ocean side of Cthonia. The Cougar is a predator to be wary of in Torqueo, as it's well known for its stalk-and-ambush hunting tactics and often views anything smaller than itself as prey.
Mountain Goat - These goats are very large, with large hooves and sharp antlers. They thrive in the mountainous region between Torqueo and Cthonia and live in large groups. These sure-footed climbers can often be found resting on cliffs that predators can't or won't try to reach. Protected from the climates by wooly, double-coats, they can be found in high altitudes where it can become very cold. They are well known for their fighting abilities and the ability to defend themselves as well as their young from predators such as wolves, bears, lynx, eagles, etc.
Bats - Bats can be found all over Torqueo, from within the canopies of trees, the shelter of wolf dens, the caves of the mountains and the vast valley ranges. There are plenty of species of bats, mostly insect eating and fruit eating bats. These flying creatures are nocturnal and blind, using their echolocation to find their prey. The largest of the bats found in Torqueo is the Giant Golden-crowned Flying Fox. These fruit bats appear very fox-like in facial appearance and have no tail. Their wings can often get up to 4.5 ft in length. They live near water, use water for grooming purposes and are a known pollinator, though their favorite foods are figs.
Birds of Prey - Plenty of birds of prey are seen in Torqueo, though Red-Tailed Hawks, and falcons are most common. They live off the rodents that live in the small wooded areas or fields, usually choosing the mountainous cliffs or trees of forests of which to build their nests and raise their offspring.[/font]
