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because of the amount of questions about scrabs I guess :)
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Well, you are correct in some way, Bullet Magnet. Although the female does not exactly "become" a male, sometimes the most dominant female takes charge if a male dies. In other cases the female is the leader of the pack of flock in the first place. In a line up the female leads the group- the male acts like the warrior and fights with other males and mates with the fellow females. In words, it's like the queen and her drones. You know game cocks. They're raised specifically for fighting. However, the ones in the wild do not fight every time they meet. And that is what I suppose that's what you mean by "subversive" animals. |
Actually, quite a lot of species do physically change sex. Many fish can do it, amphibians, some reptiles, insects, many molluscs are actually both male and female at once. I'm not suggesting that this is the case with scrabs, just that it is possible.
By subversive I mean smaller males that do not fight the dominant scrab. At least until the time is right... Some animals, specifically a type of batfish, have three male castes in the shoal. A dominant one who is the largest and most obvious, who mates with all the females and doesn't allow the males to do so. There are males who look like females, so the dominant male does not notice them, who secretly mate with the true females, but run the risk of the alpha male trying it on with them. And there is the theif, a small, quick male who darts in, spawns, then retreats before the alpha male can stop them. :fuzwink: |
Wrong word BM the word is submissive
Damn, you beat me at my own game. I forgot about sexchange |
Slig: Bouncer or Security guard/ Squid?
Glukkon: Hmmm... Maybe a boss of a big business. Mudokon:A Human. Paramite: Pig, yes Pig. Scrab: Horse... Maybe Slog: Dog -_- Sleg: The wolf was a good idea. Vykkers: Scientists Interns: Teenagers |
You must not have studied the oddworld creatures enough.
Those exact same suggestions have been made before by other people. I still think scrabs have to many simularities to crabs. I don't know if you noticed all the thing Abe can do in the game. He can jump to a ledge and climb up very fast. And thank to his claws he can climb walls pretty easy and jump long distances down. As can any other mudokon. The best earth-like animal to compare him to is a lizard. So lizard humanoid maybe. Let me guess, you said paramites are pigs did you. Well that because the sounded almost like one in games like MO. They don't even look like one. End of story. Vykkers are just maybe two steps ahead of us in the world of abusement to living creatures. And glukkons are a little more than just bosses. They're masters in the corporate world. Visit the Oddworld website or do some research online or on this website: http://www.oddworldlibrary.net/toa/O.../creatures.htm for some oddworld help. Credit to Xavier and any other creator of this page. |
-_- Dude they are just what I see them as lol... I don't really see why Scrabs are like Crabs, I'm not trying to say everyone else is wrong by saying that, it's just I don't think that...
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Mudokons are not just humans,they are frogs+turtles+dinos+and humans
(I think):D and Elums are dino+horse:p |
I told you to not dubble post... you can edit your posts
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Hmm... Frog, Turtle, Dinosaur? If you see them as that dude then see them as that, every one has different ideas. Lol I never knew Mudokons had a shell, doubt it lol.
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Hey, Jordan_boi, what makes you think Muds are related to dinosaurs.
Is it because of the slanted legs? The don't even have teeth that are visible to see(or beaks). I believe the only reason people believe muds look like turtles is because the greenish-blue skin. I have not played MO so I don't know if they can swim. But I'm guessing they can. Elum is the word "mule" spelled backward. After all they carry the mudokons supplies the way meetles can. I think the horns on their heads could be for battling off enemies and other Elum males possibly. Or it could just be the same way giraffes have the stubs and their heads. (Practically for the same uses.) Xav, how many times do you have to to say to a member of the forums to not double post before you issue those warning. Just a question. No offense to anyone. :
And then there is self-impregnating animals just the same as many oddworld's creatures do. Hmm, I wonder how many animals in oddworld can actually mate together? I double-posted for a reason. |
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Spirrow I didn't say Mudokons were related to Dinosaurs, I was saying to Dripik that he can believe that if he like.
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I think they are you know ;) you mean you didn't say mudokons were related to dinos I suppose :p |
Oops my mistake, I make them often, I'll edit ma post Xavier
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Mudokons could be said to be like dinosaurs. They evolved from birds into reptile-like creatures. Seems like Earth's evolutionary chain in reverse.
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You know, I have thought of a small list of earth creatures
who's names can be changed to make an oddworld animal. I don't exactly pay attention to the fan section of this forum, but I'm guessing there have been threads asking people to create their own oddworld animals from scratch or from an unlisted earth animal. |
Hmmm..... I always thought Mudokons evolved from birds, as when Abe dies he turns into birds.
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Actually I believe those would be spiritual birds. Or maybe
those are Abe's soul, as they regroup in another region to form his physical self again. The birds also form bird portals. Sometimes you see them fly out of portals when Abe has freed enough mudokons, and they circle him and absorb into his body to give him the power of Shrykull. |
I like Shrykull, how do you actually prenounce Shrkull? When I was young I used to say Shi-ri-kull. Now I say Shree-kull or Shri-kull.
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You'd pronounce it Sh-ry-kull. Making the "y" sound like "eye".
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I always pronounce it Shreye-kull, but I think it's meant to be pronounced Shriek-ull, for obviously reasons.
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I never thought of it that way, Max. But sometimes
it does sound like a paramite shrieking after the scrab howl. Other times it would be a hissing-like sound. I guess it is randomly chosen by the computer. |
about the scrab thing, they are more like horses in a pack. if the alpha male dies the lead female takes over. two alphas fight, the winner gets both packs. a male is born, it's forced out of the herd (those are the scrabs in the temples and vaults). so... yeah, they are like horses in almost identical ways.
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Yeah, I like the way you put it, Scrab Queen.
It makes some sense. |
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Please don't double post, ANGRY ELEPHANT. Instead edit
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ok, here is what most oddworld creatures name comes from, and what it would be on earth:
mudokons: dunno, birds/ humans gluckons: glottons/mullusks, octipusses sligs: slugs/pigs, slugs octigi: octipi (or is it octipuses?) scrabs: crabs, dunno, man eating horses (lol) paramites: parasites/mites, spiders fleeches: furrocious/frightning leeches, snakes meeps: sheeps interns: interns X_X, monkeys vickers: dunno, monkeys gabbits: rabbits, frogs/toads gabbiar: cavviar, frog/fish eggs steef: stags/beef, stags, cats, centuars wolvarks: ardvarks/wovles clackerz: there name is the sound chickens make, chicken elum: mule, cammel zapflies: fires, fireflies fuzzles: fuzzy, dunno ratz: rats (no way! :o) chickpunks: chickmunks, squirral skunkz: skunk thudslugz: slug ( as in the bullets), dung beetles boombats: bats (realy? :o) lol, that's all I can think of, I hope it helps you find what the oddworld animals are in earth. :) I added what the name meant IMO first, so maybe it would give you an idea of what the oddworldian creature is. |
i just figured it out! thudslugs are actually june bugs! when they fly at you, it feels like someone shot you with a bean bag from a rocket launcher.
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Why do you think sligs are related to pigs, mudling? Is
it because the names rhym? I've compared many of oddworld's animals with earth's just because their names rhymed only to find they have nothing in common. |
They do have things in common, such as a short tail, Slig mouthparts making their eating necessarily as bad as a pig's...
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well, the word slig, is made out of the word pig and slugs, where as they would be the next generation of slugs on earth. ;)
yes, you are right, and also, they are greedy, and unhygenic, like pigs are seen to be. :) and they look like slugs, and do not have any legs, like slugs. |
Judging by the moving image I saw of a slig with no mech legs,
it almost look toy dinosaur with it's front arms missing and a few tentacles hanging from it's face like a paramite. Quite frankly, I can see why glukkons and sligs have such muscular limbs. I believe that mudokons are humanoids with lizard-like features. You can see that abe has a muscular body that quite tough. I think all mudokons have that as their natural body, not to do with some of them enduring the hardships of slavery. They climb walls like lizards with their claws, which means they need strong muscles to pull themselves up. |
The ‘pig’ component of ‘Slig’ might come from the slang for a police officer. The stereotypical U.S. police officer seems to lend a lot to Sligs' personality.
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Oh, you make it sound like total PB (police brutality). Tell
me if I'm wrong. I never heard of that slang term. |
people call cops pigs all the time like on the simpsons snake calls chief wiggum pig.
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hmm, that would make sence...
muds might be humiod lizards on earth, but in oddworld, they are decendants of birds. that's why they have the ability to teleport through bird portals. ;) their skulls are also made up in a simalar ways to bird's skulls I believe. |
and the feathers dont forget the feathers.
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