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Male Purple Horned Tidewatcher
Creature Info
Owner: ProtoSatchi78
Species: Horned Tidewatcher
Sex: Male
Personality: Stoic
Origin: Captive Bred (G2)
Born: February 24th, 2022, 8:30 AM
Stage: Adult
Rarity: Common
Chroma: PurplePurple

Species Notes

Grouping: Elemental, Arthropod

A common sight along the coastline, Horned Tidewatchers are most active whenever the tide is shifting in or out. Adults tend to be quite brazen and will readily defend themselves against other creatures, even if they are several times smaller than their aggressor. They will attack directly with their horn as well as spray pressurised water at their target. Few creatures actually seek them out as prey, partly due to their eagerness to defend themselves, but their population ends up being controlled in a different way: individuals caught by a particularly strong wave will end up pulled out into the ocean where their body will gradually melt away, leaving behind only the various pieces of their shell.

While they prove relatively easy to keep in captivity, it is not unusual for them to mistake all sorts of small objects as food. Thankfully, if one is diligent about feeding them then this is usually a non-issue. It's easy to tell when a Horned Tidewatcher has given up on eating something that turned out to be inedible, as the object will be covered in a thick layer of its gooey saliva. In the wild they are observed eating small creatures and plants within tide pools. In captivity they'll readily eat from a dish or even one's hand, but the latter isn't recommended unless one doesn't mind spending several minutes washing their hand of their saliva afterwards.

Artwork: Wymsical


Ancestry

Shauna
Female White Aceranguis
Wild Caught
Lazy
Female icon White Chroma
Shauna
Female White Aceranguis
WC (Wild Caught)
Female icon
White Chroma
ID: WjTxf
Lazy
Cera
Male Green Horned Tidewatcher
Wild Caught
Lazy
Male icon Green Chroma
Cera
Male Green Horned Tidewatcher
WC (Wild Caught)
Male icon
Green Chroma
ID: CVEGy
Lazy

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Offspring

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