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Old 06-25-2013, 01:13 AM

Jungle Creatures Contest

A jungle is a habitat known for it's colorful array of life! You can't help but to image some kind of creature among the bright and fruitful vegetation of a jungle, whether you think of a leopard, or a snake, or even a beetle! For this contest, I'm challenging you to create the exotic animal you see! You can represent any animal from any category: mammal, reptile, bird, amphibian, fish, or insect. So make me awe, or make me shriek! The choice is up to you!

I only ask for a few things:
1. Your entry must be based from a real EXOTIC animal; try to resemble the animal as closely as possible.
2. You must post 1 to 2 reference photographs of this animal. I must be able to see it's body and head clearly.
3. No portraying household pets! I will allow exotic birds, but I don't want people entering as their domestic cat!
4. No animal companion items! I will allow noses, ears and such, but no animal companions. The avatar is the animal itself!
5. Post a fact about the animal! I love learning new things! Especially about animals!
Just post a sentence, or even a link to an informational site!
(**Fun Facts have no bearing on your overall entry...it's just something for fun!)


Jungle Creatures Entry Form
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Username:maidenroseheart
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Although, poison dart frogs are famous for their neon colors and deadly toxins, there are only three species of poison dart frogs that are used for their hunting toxins. Many species of the frog are imposters and mimic the colors of the toxic variety. They find that their colors, called aposematism, serve just as well as a warning to predators as if they actually were harmful to eat. A much lesser known fact of poison dart frogs is that they are intelligent amphibians that live in groups and are dedicated to raising their young.

Username: EirianHikari
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Fun Fact: There are about 372 different species of parrots, some of them can live for over 80 years. They are usually brightly colored, and are thought to be one of the most intelligent species of birds.


Username:Ted D Ber
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Fun Fact: Chameleons can rotate each eye in a different direction.


Username:GwenaHikari
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Fun Fact: Green Anaconda - Heaviest known snake species, females typically bigger than males at about 15 ft (males about 9.8 ft), green, black splotches with cream-yellow underside.


Username: fireprincess
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Fun Fact: Unlike other cats, like bobcats, cougars, housecats and lynx, a black panther can roar.
(Here are more fun facts Facts About Black Panther - Interesting & Amazing Information On Black Panthers)


Username:shinigamikarasu
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Fun Fact: The gorgeous Okapi is a relative of the giraffe. It lives in the Ituri Rainforest in Central Africa. This animal was an inigma to many European setttlers, as they had only heard about it is stories or had very brief sightings. At one point is was even known as the "African Unicorn". Sir Harry Johnston brought back some of the first evidence of this animal is the form of a skull. It was named the Okapia johnstoni in his honor.


Username:llonka
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Fun Fact: Foxes typically live three years in the wild but can live up to 10 years in captivity.
Male foxes are known as dogs, tods or reynards, and females are called vixens.


Username: Seridano
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Reference Image: [1] [2] [3]
Fun Fact: While the female poison dart frogs may lay the eggs, it is the male frogs who check on them and care for the young in their early stages of life.


Username: shadami
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Reference Image: Swimming image
walking
Fun Fact: One of the most amazing mammals I've ever heard of. It has venom like a snake inside a spur in its hind feet. It's webbed feet and flat bill resemble those of a duck. And it lays eggs like birds! (A very unmammal like thing to do. ) It's eyes are even unique, as they are double coned like fish instead of like mammals! And the coolest thing is they can detect a type of electrical field caused my muscle contractions in order to locate their prey!


Username: Nephila
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Reference Image:Sea Horse Wallpapers | Animals Library (4th image)
Fun Fact: It's the male seahorse that bring the babies to term!


Username:girlbot9
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Fun Fact: small facts
more info


Username:star2000shadow
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Fun Fact: White Tigers - Wiki page
The white tiger is a rare pigmentation variant of the Bengal tiger, which was reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially from the former State of Rewa.
White tigers are distinct for the normal colouration in that they lack the phaeomelanin pigment that in normal tigers produces the orange colour. They still produce the other colour pigment, eumelanin, and hence are not considered albino. Compared to normal colored tigers without the white gene, white tigers tend to be somewhat bigger, both at birth and as fully grown adults.


Username: Antagonist
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The crossed belt is for the middle pair of legs.
Reference Image: Above Side Ventral
Fun Fact: The Cycnia tenera, or dogbane tiger moth, or delicate cycnia, has several generations per year through much of its range, so caterpillars may be found from June to November.

Wiki.


Username: KatMagenta
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Reference Image: Here
Fun Fact: The atlas beetle, Chalcosoma atlas, is one of the strongest animals relative to its size. It can carry almost 4kg which is the equivalent of a human carrying two adult elephants and a zebra. (source)


Username: Zombie Pixie
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Reference Image: http://i.imgur.com/fkAg2vS.jpg?1
Fun Fact: female pandas ovulate only once a year they are fertile only two or three days of the year. :)


Username:Whisper Invictus
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Fun Fact: Did you know, that a lion is not technically "King of the Jungle" (or in my case, "Queen") A lion may be at the top of the beast chain, but it can easily be cornered and killed by elephants and bigger animals, or even hyenas if it is a lone lion.


Username: blueblackrose
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Reference Image: Ref 1 | Ref 2
Fun Fact: Non-breeding polar bear, both females and males, do not hibernate or den in the winter.


Username: Woodlandnypmh
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Picture 1 O.o
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Fun Fact: Not only do Orangutans use sticks to get ants and termites, they also spear fish with them, and use them to procure honey!!! So clever.


Username: Kamikaze Kendra
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Reference Image: Northern Royal Flycatcher 1 | Northern Royal Flycatcher 2
Fun Fact: For a subtropical bird, these dudes are pretty quiet and mellow. And those awesome crests are very rarely seen fully erect - except when the birds are being banded.


Username:Velvet
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Fun Fact: This is a Snowflake Moray Eel! They will eat just about any small, meaty food! That includes krill and shrimp! They are hardy and tough and know how to survive in sticky situations. Though its name is Snowflake, they are found in the warm ocean climates.


Username:~ Longcat ~
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Fun Fact: the Zebra Longwing Butterfly is the state insect of Florida and one of the only known butterfly species to eat pollen.


Username:spicedroses
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Fun Fact:One of the most distinctive unseen features of Lorikeets is in the tongue. The tongues usually remain folded up within the mouth, much in the same way a frog keeps a folded tongue. When they need to get food, the tongue unfolds and serves as a "brush" to easily grab nectar. This unique tongue is also a defining characteristic of the species, as Lorikeets look identical to several other species of parrots aside from the tongue.


Username: MEOW!
Image of My Entry: *Struts for all to admire*
Reference Image: *Stares at you*
Fun Fact: *Zaps thread with lightning from his left paw*




ANNOUNCEMENT!
Hey everyone! I updated the front page on July, 11 at 8:50 AM EST. This will be the last update from me as I will be on vacation without my computer! However, I'll be around on my phone to let you know if your entries don't meet the rules! I'm sure you all will. ;) I hope you all enjoy the rest of the event!



LINNY WAS HUURRR! I B UPDATIN LIKE WHOA!X


Jungle Creatures Entry Form
Username: bloodstainedwings
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Fun Fact: The Aye-Aye is an extremely rare nocturnal creature that lives only on one island, Madagascar. Long have they been feared, hunted and shunned for they are extraordinarily ugly creatures. Thought to be creatures who are bad luck or cause bad luck even so far as harbingers of evil, they have been hunted to the brink of extinction. Now there are but a few left.
reference: Aye-aye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and the movie Last Chance to See

Jungle Creatures Entry Form
Username: dragoness129
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Reference Image: [Tree Kangaroo] [Img2]
Fun Fact: Little is known about the social behavior of wild tree kangaroos. Researchers believe that Matschie's tree kangaroos are fairly solitary animals. Females and males have non-overlapping home ranges but a male's range will overlap several females' range. Researchers also believe that Matschie’s tree kangaroos are polygamous and that males will interact with several females.

Males, however, appear not to establish "harems," and females remain independent. The only strong social bond these animals form is between mother and offspring. In captivity, Matschie's tree kangaroos are somewhat social. Interactions include nose contact, grooming and chasing one another. Most interactions are initiated by a male toward a female and are usually associated with mating. Often the female will act defensively toward the male.

Username: Keres corvax
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Fun Fact:

Mule deer have no upper teeth


Username: Seito
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Fun Fact: The Green Sea Turtle is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally brown or olive depending on its habitat, but for the greenish color of its skin. Unlike most sea turtles, adult green turtles are herbivorous, feeding on sea grasses and algae. Juvenile green turtles, however, will also eat invertebrates like crabs, jellyfish, and sponges

Green turtles, like other sea turtles, undertake lengthy migrations from feeding sites to nesting grounds, normally on sandy beaches. Mating occurs every two to four years and normally takes place in shallow waters close to the shore. To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs. They dig a pit in the sand with their flippers, fill it with a clutch of 100 to 200 eggs, cover the pit and return to the sea, leaving the eggs to hatch after about two months. The most dangerous time of a green turtle’s life is when it makes the journey from nest to sea. Multiple predators, including crabs and flocks of gulls, voraciously prey on hatchlings during this short scamper.


Username: Rochiel Silverfire
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Fun Fact: Dragonflies are ancient insects. They have existed on Planet Earth for approximately 300 million years. Today, they look very much like they did in "dinosaur times," though they have gradually gotten smaller since then.
The largest dragonfly fossil (one of the earliest) had a wingspan of nearly three hooves. That makes it the largest flying insect in known history!


Last edited by neller; 10-02-2013 at 02:22 AM..