Post by Z451 on Apr 11, 2014 2:43:03 GMT
Bioraptors
Bioraptors are highly aggressive and animalistic creatures capable of flight and having a physiological aversion to sunlight, as they can die if exposed to enough ultraviolet radiation.
They are assumed to be native to the encountered planet in the M-344/G System, and are considered to have caused the extinction of most life on the planet.
It is unknown why or how a light-sensitive species could have evolved on a planet in a trinary star system with virtually constant, planet-wide illumination.
Roughly every 22 years, the planet undergoes a several month long planet-wide eclipse caused by an aligning of the planets and stars such that it sits in-between two much larger planets.
It is during this time that the bioraptors emerge from their underground dwellings and engage in mass-feeding reminiscent of locust swarms.
Their blood is thick and blue, possibly due to a concentration of copper-based hemolymph (as opposed to iron-based hemoglobin).
They have thin, streamlined bodies covered in what appears to be thick and leathery skin, wings capable of supporting limited flight, and a twin-forked tail with sharp points at the end.
Their distinctive heads seem to be made of a hard, chitonous material remeniscent of that surrounding most arthopods.
Due to the nature of their total-dark environments they have no eyes, but instead have incredibly sensitive ultrasonic sensor organs capable of picking up on the most minute of sounds and giving them a detailed "view" of their environment.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_Black_%28film%29
Riddick Wiki> riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Bioraptor
Alien Species Wiki> aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Bio-raptors
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They are assumed to be native to the encountered planet in the M-344/G System, and are considered to have caused the extinction of most life on the planet.
It is unknown why or how a light-sensitive species could have evolved on a planet in a trinary star system with virtually constant, planet-wide illumination.
Roughly every 22 years, the planet undergoes a several month long planet-wide eclipse caused by an aligning of the planets and stars such that it sits in-between two much larger planets.
It is during this time that the bioraptors emerge from their underground dwellings and engage in mass-feeding reminiscent of locust swarms.
Their blood is thick and blue, possibly due to a concentration of copper-based hemolymph (as opposed to iron-based hemoglobin).
They have thin, streamlined bodies covered in what appears to be thick and leathery skin, wings capable of supporting limited flight, and a twin-forked tail with sharp points at the end.
Their distinctive heads seem to be made of a hard, chitonous material remeniscent of that surrounding most arthopods.
Due to the nature of their total-dark environments they have no eyes, but instead have incredibly sensitive ultrasonic sensor organs capable of picking up on the most minute of sounds and giving them a detailed "view" of their environment.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_Black_%28film%29
Riddick Wiki> riddick.wikia.com/wiki/Bioraptor
Alien Species Wiki> aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Bio-raptors
Copyright Owner
Universal Pictures> www.universalstudios.com/
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