Post by Sour Kangaroo on Mar 4, 2010 16:00:17 GMT -6
Common Name: Hexapede
Na'vi Name: Yerik
Size: Sizes range up to 1.5 meters long and 2 meters in height.
Description:
Hexapedes are some of the most beautiful and fragile creatures of Pandora. Although a prime target for any land or aerial predator, the rapid pace of their breeding keeps them from extinction. The hexapede is a food source for the Na'vi, and is one of the prime targets for Na'vi hunters.
The hexapede resembles a Terran six-legged deer. They are dark blue herbivores with white and yellow stripes.
Their small, sloped skulls are topped by retractable, light-colored fan structures. This fan has an eye pattern on it similar to those found in Terran insects (such as the Luna Moth), and serves as a defence mechanism, for flashing it to predators makes the creatures seem bigger and more intimidating. Their eyes are wide-spaced and large, and they have longish snouts that end in a small bifurcating jaw and bifurcated lip that can be retracted. Twin horn structures sheathe a thin, patterned membrane. A skin membrane 'beard' hangs under the jaw and runs the length of the neck.
Twin lines of dark, hairlike bristles run down the hexapede's back. A long, thin neck and legs ending in round, beveled hooves also characterize the creatures.
