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Mortasheen - Thornswaggle

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"Insanity Basilisk"

Though fragile, this clever and fast-moving reptiloid protects itself with the psychoactive toxins in its own blood, squirted at high pressure from its empty eye sockets. Afflicted organisms suffer extreme, variable sensory distortion, perceiving their surroundings in warped dimensions and hallucinating far more Thornswaggle than are actually present.

Thornswaggle navigate entirely by sonar, emitting a squeaky, hyena-like laughter to scan their surroundings. When caught, they may drop their tails or even limbs to distract an attacker. They have a strong natural urge to bury themselves in hot sand.
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Had to favorite this after reading the description. Hyena sonar is too awesome for words. Lol. Great creature design as well, and I like the concept and how many variations on the prey lizards you have in here... the bleeding from the eyes and dropping limbs, but then you added stuff like the toxic blood. I like it.