Mutt Contest IV

[Lulu]

Attention Members! Would you like to contribute to the 58th Hunger Games from a Gamemaker's standpoint? Here's your chance to contribute!

Come up with a "muttation" or other genetically altered wild beast using the following form, and reply to this thread with your finished product. The best mutts may be included in the 58th or other future Hunger Games. There is no limit to how many mutts you may submit, so feel free to post more as they come to you (although remember to edit your post rather than double-posting if someone else has posted before you)

If your muttation is used, you will receive credit for your little beastie on the Muttation Directory thread that will be present during the Games. Note that the Gamemakers (staff) reserve the right to make minor changes to your creations.

Notes: Mutts involving humans will not be used, and mutts created initially "to kill people," "to destroy people," or "to torture people" will also have to be explained very well to be used. Be more creative than that! You may want to refer to the Arena Map (see the 58th HG Information board) for climate-based inspiration.*

[b]Name of Mutt:[/b]
[b]Brief Summary:[/b] (please include previous uses [why the Capitol developed them], rough size/physical features, and general behavior, as well as any additional information you may have)
[b]Poision, Edible, or Neither?[/b] (please note that this may be changed based on need)

*Mutts that would fit specifically in the arena climate are especially welcome this time around. Since Africa's got a whole lot of animals, it shouldn't be too hard for you guys to think of some. Basically things you'd find in the jungle, desert, savanna, or in marshland.

[plantix]

Name of Mutt: Bleeding Gems

Brief Summary: The bleeding gem is a hybrid of Leeches and Arachnocampa (A glow worm species). The reason for it's creation was to make a blood transfusion from a healthy solider to one that needs it by making a chain or 'Lace' of Bleeding Gems from its input to the output. Although it worked at first, it became unsuccessful in aiding soldiers. Then the Capitol came up with the idea of using it as a weapon since the gems will spew a thin trail of blood leading to the victim, and it can be easily spotted at night. A bleeding gem is the size of a grape with a sticky, yet hard body. A Bleeding gem is always in search of food since it only drinks 1% of the blood it sucks; the rest of it spills from it's output. Although they usually swim in marches, it's also common to find them hanging from trees waiting for it's prey to come by. They are also usually in attached in a line from input to output in the formation of a lace, but when attached to prey they make the formation of a necklace or bracelet with the end spilling the unused blood. If pulled off directly, it pulls off chunks of flesh with it. The only way it can be removed safely is by touching it with fire, like leeches.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible (Must be boiled first, then they look like raisins)

'Laces' of Bleeding Gems:


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If it's too long I can change things

[Spesh]

Name of Mutt: Cleaners (Hyena, Lynx)
Brief Summary: During the time from the 10th Hunger Games to the 20th Hunger Games, there were constant complaints from truck drivers that the access road was filled with rats and other vermin. Around the 22nd Hunger Games the need became too great for the Capitol to keep ignoring, so they decided to create a mutt that would clean everything up. Eventually, Capitol scientists came up with cleaners, a mix between hyena's and lynx's. Being as vicious as hyena's and having the instincts of a cat in finding mice (while not being lazy like a common house cat), cleaners were the perfect option to clean up the sewers. Later though, cleaners found a taste for humans, and the idea had to be scrapped for a different type of sewer cleaning mutt.Around the size large dog, cleaners on average weigh 85 pounds as adults. The look generally like hyena's, but they have whiskers and a short tail, along with short brown skin. Cleaners are vicious animals that go searching for prey instead of waiting for it to come to them. Despite this they are very territorial animals, and they often move in packs of two or three.
Poision, Edible, or Neither? Neither

[charade]

Name: Winged Meerkeeta
Brief Summary:
The winged Meerkeeta was initially developed by the capitol as a quick and inexpensive way of clearing trees for farmland, and preparing the land for crops.They are rather small, about the size of a large rat, and contain features from several animals. The Meerkeeta's body is weasel like, and reminiscent of a prairie dog. Wings taken from the African hummingbird sprout from it's back, much larger than the ones the bird would have had. It's mouth is the disconcerting part though, as it is over sized and filled with rows of sharp teeth borrowed from piranhas. They were developed with these characteristics for three reasons. The wings for mobility and reach, the teeth for stripping trees of bark, leaves, and branches, leaving a trunk for loggers to cut down with ease. The final part of their genetic makeup, the prairie-doggish body was so that they could drill in to he ground, effectively tilling the soil. They usually travel in flocks of seven, and are generally easy to kill. One or two solid hits will take them down, and take down enough and the rest of the flock will flee. The project was canceled when The flocks turned on their handlers, stripping flesh and digits instead of bark and branches, and disappearing into the ground. They can generally be found in heavily wooded areas, though they do like to dig in sand...
Poison, edible, neither? Edible.

[Stare]

Name of Mutt: Phantom Serpent

Brief Summary: The Phantom Serpents are large snakes that get their name from the pale hued scales that cover their long bodies (colors range from silvery white to chalk blue). These deadly creatures usually grow to be about eight feet long, and about as wide as an adult human's leg. Almost all of them have piercing blue eyes. The creatures were originally made to be put in the woods and keep trespassers out. While the snakes didn't have poisonous fangs, as rumored, they did have long, whip like tails and sharp teeth that they could attack with. Their brains were wired so that one would feel threatened every time they saw a human being, which would cause them to attack. It worked, too, at least for a little while. But the snakes couldn't adjust to the climate, and did not reproduce fast enough, so they were eventually taken out and marked as failures. There are a few left kept to be used in any case of emergency (although not many can figure out why the government would have a sudden need for snakes when they have so many other mutations), but most either died in the forest or were killed by the scientists who created them.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible

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[/b] Ivory Hog
Brief Summary: The warthog wasn't exactly a glamorous animal before the Capitol got a hold of them, but they have a vicious streak which makes them excellent, exciting sport. With a little engineering, their tusks were blended with that of elephants, making them longer, more gruesome, and made of precious ivory. They also doubled as good little lawn mowers, cleaning the brush and low grasses of an area. The Ivory Hog can weigh up to 500 pounds and stand at an impressive four feet in height. They run in small packs, their gleaming tusks lifted above the savannah grasses. The numbers of warts a Hog has on his face is directly correlated to his viciousness. While the Capitol tried to breed out this unsightly feature, it was ultimately connected to their hormone levels. Take away the wart and you took away its desire to gore prey. Which is its primary method of death. The Hogs won't generally try to take down anything that is heavier than it, but when cornered it will go into a rage, squealing and thrashing its tusks. Think getting around its backside will help? The Capitol fixed that too. Its hooves have been hardened to the point where they resemble metal. One kick of its powerful back legs is enough to crack a human pelvis.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible[/ul]

[Bane]

Name of Mutt: Whiners
Brief Summary: Whiners were originally made to be mutt deterrent systems for Capitolites. Their fur releases a scent that repels mutts from them. They were sold as cute pets to the Capitolites, so that they would be accepted. This succeeded for a while, as their wide range of black, brown, and golden colors, along with the fact that they mixed in a sort of collage, made them great accessories. They world clamp onto your upper arm with their 6 weak legs, effectively keeping you safe from mutts. They would be given to you in pup-hood, and once they saw you they would try and clamp onto your arm. (This worked because their eyes wouldn't open for a few weeks.) The program was discontinued when their masters tried to abandon the Whiners, causing them to emit a high-pitched shriek that brought every mutt within a couple miles down on the human in a killing frenzy.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

[peanutpie]

Name of Mutt: Apagón
Brief Summary:
Following the fourteenth hunger games, the president wanted a particular pet. Something deadly, but also quite unique at the same time. Not something too extravagant, but something that could be kept as a source of power for him to keep. Summoning his best biologists forward, they brought many ideas forward but the one that stuck out the most to the president was a hybrid of a lamprey, a northern snakehead, and the surpising addition of a camel gene. The scientist who created it decided to name it Apagón because it meant blackout in spanish.

The Apagón is basically the basic construction of a northern snakehead, with the big teeth and fished shape body. But outside of their tendacy to wriggle across land, they are completley different kinds of animals. To keep their slightly oily skin from drying out in the desert sun, they tend to bury themselves deep in the sand when not looking for carcasses to injest of dead animals. They're scavangers, but have savage looking-teeth to defend themselves if a situation were to come. The camel gene comes into play in the environment the Apagón lives in, giving it the ability to live long periods of time without water.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible.

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[Axium]

Name of Mutt: Krok
Brief Summary:

Kroks were developed in the districts' rebellion. They were often placed in the districts as weapons in the war. Because of their camouflage abilities, they were often unnoticed until the attack began. They also attacked in pairs.

A Krok is a fusion of crocodile and chameleon DNA. It is about 5~6 feet in length and weighs nearly 500 pounds. It looks like an crocodile, with scaly, green skin and razor sharp teeth. However, it possesses the ability to blend in with its surroundings, making it virtually invisible until it strikes. Add that to lightning-fast swimming, ferocious jaws, and armor-like skin, and you get one mean mutt. It lives in swamps, marshes, by rivers, or near any other body of water.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible, but must be cooked.

[Deleted]

Name of Mutt: Sphinx
Brief Summary: Very much like its mythological counterpart, the Sphinx is a genetic fusion of lion, eagle, and ox DNA. This majestic creature was developed by the Capitol during the Dark Days for use as a tool in combat, a living weapon, so to speak. The majority of its genetic mix is that of a lion, giving it razor-sharp claws, vicious teeth, and graceful feline reflexes, making it a formidable predator with those traits alone. With the added trait of enough eagle DNA to give it huge, feathered wings and incredible eyesight, the Sphinx gains the advantage of flight at incredibly high speeds (up to 65 mph), allowing it to chase after its prey by air and track it with ease. Capitol scientists gave sphinxes extremely aggressive temperaments derived from the genetic code of male oxen, making them extremely territorial and easily provoked so that they would be absolutely ruthless in attacking the rebel soldiers they were created to destroy.

What they didn't realize is that the Sphinxes would very quickly prove difficult to control. The creatures began to turn on their Capitolite handlers, slaughtering the people whose lives they had been created to protect. Grudgingly admitting defeat, Capitol scientists ceased production of the mutts and locked up the remainder of the population for further study, not to mention the safety of humanity. For a while the awe-inspiring animals were all but forgotten, until the Hunger Games began to gain momentum as a source of entertainment in the Capitol. The Sphinx, it seemed, would have its glory days once more.

Poision, Edible, or Neither? Edible

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[Nocturnal]

Name of Mutt: Quintatail- or Quinqe Volpes Volpes, if you prefer.

Brief Summary: The Quintatail is a rather small mutt, the size of your average housecat, maybe slightly larger. The mixed DNA of the Quintatail is the Wolf and Fox, which for some bizarre reason gave it five tails. It's pelts range from fiery red, to dirt brown. The simple meaning of this was to blend in to the environment they were in, though they were not originally supposed to be attack animals. Originally they were made for relaying long messages across a long distance, somewhat like a Jabberjay. The difference is that they were used in the Dark Day's to communicate between the capitolites, for military commands. They have 32 hollow teeth, filled to the brim with poison. It is considered quite an irregularity if a Quintatail does not have the customary amount of teeth, and are cast out of the Squabble (pack). There are 3-4 mutts in a pack. They mate for life. Quintatails can run up to 30 miles per hour, using their tails as propellers. Strictly carnivorous. Females are defensive and irritable, while males are laid back.


Poison, Edible, or Neither? poisonous.

Edit: Here's it in just a paragraph.

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[Firelord]

Name of Mutt: Leecher

Brief Summary:
A leecher sucks blood and they attack in swarms. A Leecher is as big as a leech with ant legs, six of them. its mouth is more or less a hole with spiked teeth all over it. Where on an ant its abdomen would be is an inflatable sack that fills itself with blood. They have to stay by water to keep themselves moist. They were made to to make travel by water useless by the districts during the Dark Days.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Some of it is edible, some of it is not. You can only eat the legs after you fry them in oil. (But where are you going to find oil at in the Hunger Games arena.) Every other part is poisonous.

If you could think of a better name that would be great. I'm horrible at making names. -_-

Edit: Brief paragraph sze.

[Lulu]

Hey guys, when I say 'brief', I mean one paragraph. If you look at official muttation lists from past Games, no mutt descriptions are over a paragraph, so why should yours be? Thanks.

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[Trey.]

Name of Mutt: the Strame
Brief Summary: The straid is a mix of a hell hound and a K9 dog. With its sharp claws it can rip you apart within seconds. The capitol developed them to guard the capitols expierements when they needed privacy. It is about as big as a child maybe bigger. The Strame has blood shot eyes and can intimidate you just by staring at you. This beast has 50 teeth and is a cold killer
It is edible

[brian37107]

Name of mutt: Clinger

The Clinger is about as big as a small stone, the capitol uses it to get their enemy's to blurt out their plan. They are a hybrid of a tick and a cobra. Once it clings on its target it cannot be removed without surgery. Then it spits out poison and the poison spreads throughout the body. It makes the target loopy and vomit. Then it makes the target hallucinate and think its in a safe place then it blurts out all of its secrets. Then this leads to death, it has no legs and slithers like a snake with the head of a tick. It lives in tropical climates, it is edible if the poison sack is removed first. then they must be cooked and then they look like sticks.