(please do not move this large picture, because of the fur colour on the small picture It Is quite hard to make out certain details)
Note[]
This Is my attempt at a more original creature, there are similarities to the Zyyo because unless I decide to go back to the Zyyo then I'm moving some of their Info to this creature.
Attributes[]
Scientific Name: Zolis Primus (Zoh-Olis Prime-us)
Common Name: Zolyg
Life Span: 420 Years
Height: 1.5 - 2.5 Metres (that's meters for you americans)
Length: 3.5 - 7 Metres
Weight: 140+ Kilos
Diet: Herbivorous
Brain Weight: 12.4 Kilos (that's heavier than a whales brain)
Limbs: 4 arms, 4 legs
Defences: Strong, Healing Gel around bones and muscle, agile and stealthy (though quite slow runners), large strong tails.
Weaknesses: Skin (which Is weak compared to scales and other such things), Generally slow moving, rather nonstandard leg configuration; although It sometimes comes In handy.
Gestation Period: 1 year
Average Offspring: 2-10
Offspring Survival Rate: 99.99% (Immune to a lot of illnesses and protected from predators)
Biology[]
The Zolyg Biology is very unique. Let's work from the head to the end of the tails.
Mandibles[]
First thing you may notice are the mandibles, billions of years previous to now these were very hard and Insect like, although over the years they have evolved into strong, fleshy rounded mandibles. They only ever so slightly assist In eating nowadays, so Instead they have evolved 2 little holes In each that link up to the throat, through these holes they can gather any liquid that may come out of fruit or any water they may Just lap up.
Ears[]
The ears are completely dome shaped (well almost, seeing as the head Isn't entirely flat they're a little more spherical but getting Into little things like this is a major waste of time), because of this "Unique" design In the ears they have a total 360 degree sense of hearing (as well as up and all the other non around ways) the ears are made out of a very hard almost bone like substance. Thus they don't collapse In on themselves (Implode) or get damaged easily.
Eyes[]
The eye system is also unique. They have 6 totally black eyes made out of a strange gel like substance (more on this "gel" Is further down) the front 2 eyes point more forward than the other pairs, the middle 2 aren't as forward and the back/top pair face almost upwards. Although the brain flattens this image allowing them depth perception.
Front/Bottom Eyes: The front...or bottom eyes see the entire Infrared spectrum (as well as a little further out of It) this is great as in the wild in the dead of night it's easy for a predator to sneak up on them, or for friends to go missing. With infrared vision though they can pinpoint the location of both of these. These eyes are voluntary. They wont see Infrared out of these eyes unless they want/need to.
Middle Eyes: The middle eyes see the spectrum we see (with about 40-100 NM more at either end)...and that's pretty much It, this allows colour vision (or at least the way In which you can describe or comprehend what colour Is).
Back/Top Eyes: And If you're smart enough or pick up on patterns quickly then It'll come as no shock to you that these eyes see the ultraviolet spectrum. This was a useful evolutionary trait that came around once one too many solar flares had severely damaged life on the planet Uol. This happens as they orbit a red dwarf (actually It's more of an orange dwarf If anything...in fact it is orange). These eyes are totally uncontrollable and are always "on" although the Zolyg don't actually physically see out of these eyes. If a dangerous level of UV activity Is spotted then an electrical Impulse Is sent to the Zolyg's brains and they know to run and hide.
Senses[]
As well as the regular 5 senses the Zolyg have a few more (1 of which you have already read about, UV radiation vision. I will list a few more here (although not all (cos I'll add more later as I think of them :p))
Pressure Indicator[]
This is pretty much an inbuilt biological barometre sense. Seeing as they live in areas in which storms come by speedily and unexpectedly they have evolved an extra sense that allows them to feel changes in air pressure. Of course having such a sense constantly on would be extremely annoying as even a pin falling through air would cause you to turn. So this sense has developed Itself so that there Is a set "Too high" and "Too low" pressure, If the pressure gets out of the stable zone then a signal goes to their brains telling them to get out of the open and hide.
...Although they can focus this sense If need be and If they want "feel" the pins fall.
UV sight[]
Already explained but It's another sense so...there
Arms[]
The arms evolved on the neck like area (It's not actually like a real neck so I call It that) They have 4 arms each with hands (I'd like to scream duh at myself right now) the hands have 2 thumbs and 2 fingers, the thumbs are at either end. They're extremely good at manipulating things and unlike humans they don't have a certain side to use.
Legs[]
The Zolyg have 4 legs (although this will most likely change multiple times) each foot Is more like a grasper, a 4 fingered grasper, each finger with 4 Joints, they use their feet as well as hands to very slyly navigate through trees.
If they sense danger they stand up on their hind legs and use their tails to balance them. Usually In a herd (before they were sapient) the largest Zolyg would find the nearest possible highest point and stand up, some of them could get their heads up to 4 metres and on top of that they would probably be on an area at about 4 metres high too.
Tails[]
As mentioned the tails main 2 purposes are as defence and as a means of balance. They can also wrap their tails around things and hit them off of the ground to send vibration calls to others.
