Birds, bees, bats, the slug-like Slurgs and the cockroach-like Skrikits are all totally native to Oddworld. While to us they may appear extraordinarily similar to our familiar creatures, to lesser or greater degrees, Lorne Lanning is eager to point out* that they have all gone through their own evolutionary process. In fact, although Earth birds evolved out of reptiles, Oddworld reptiles have evolved out of birds.
*He did so in an interview the Exoddus Club had with him. We decided to keep it to ourselves, since it contained some pretty interesting stuff I'm sure Mr Lanning would want only an exclusive club to know about, but it has been replicated by a certain well-respected member of this community.
As for how Abe's pawprint and Munch's footprint have appeared on Oddworld's moons, that is something we will never know. In the same interview mentioned above, Mr Lanning told us that Abe's Moon has long since been hanging above Mudos's lands, and was actually the catalyst for the whole Mudokn/Glukkon conflict. Then again, while we'll never know for certain, and while I myself do not want to know, there's nothing to stop everyone from guessing...
But bear in mind that most people would like a return of Oddworld's more mysterious presentation. By explaining this best-kept of mysteries, you are destroying the hopes of fans all over the globe. Happy theorising!
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