There's no obvious organ for that. Snakes are the only species I'm aware of that can in reality, and they have noticeable sensory pits. I was under the impression Oddworld's creatures detected/noticed something else (maybe a form of echolocation...? The Scrab's large head would show it in particular is highly sensetive in that sense), considering at least Fleeches we could assume to be cold blooded, thus making them invisible/harder to detect. It could be an entirely new, alien sense to us. Maybe even an air form of electroreception (though whether that could work out of water [in the form we know in sharks] is unbeknownst to me. BM should know though)
The Slog's body is on a permanent downward angle, presumably easing stress on it's legs, it's upper jaw moving instead of the lower. At least, they're like this when sleeping/resting, which it may spend an amount of time doing more than otherwise due to supporting the odd structure. But would the fact it's body weight is forward leaning, thus mean that when it walks or, perhaps more runs, that weight helps give it forward inclined momentum/carry it forward? Since it is always like that, it could get used to what would otherwise make it off balance. That would, with the absence of the tail, at least theoretically increase it's acceleration, if not necessarily the top speed. Less effort might be required for that speed due to gravity, though. Thoughts?
The skull also would seem light, given that the head is a large part of it, and the inside of the mouth is deeply concave, noticeable in the main official art. Their feet also go forward right below the head, have a pretty wide spread (certainly much more than ordinary dog feet) and their legs (thighs mainly) seem more noticeabley muscled, though that may not mean much given muscles are obvious on many other species too.
Why the Slog anyway? I'd have thought Elum moreover had similar problems, magnified by it's size and less compact build. But Elum may help prove my theory of the heavy forward momentum (look at it running...). It also has pretty large feet.
Last edited by Zerox; 03-07-2009 at 01:21 PM..
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