Post by Kazl Li-Yun on Jul 26, 2007 16:02:52 GMT
Badgermole
Badgermoles are giant earthbending creatures that are a cross between the European badger and the mole. They have brown fur with one white and two black stripes running down their backs and white, mask-like patches on their faces. Their markings resemble those of the badger, whereas their claws and tails are distinctly akin to moles. Badgermoles are basically blind, but their earthbending abilities allow them to feel the presence of their surroundings in recompense. They enjoy hearing music, which seems to put them in an almost tranquil state. If fully and properly tamed, Badgermoles can be used as beasts of burden and perform tasks such as paving pathways or clearing stone debris. In "The Cave of Two Lovers" it was revealed that Badgermoles are responsible for teaching humans how to Earthbend.
Boar-Q-Pine
The boar-q-pine was briefly seen in "Appa's Lost Days". One of these has a fight with Appa, severely injuring him. Their snouts and body resemble those of a boar's while the quills on their hides resemble that of a porcupine's.
Buffalo-Yak
Buffalo-Yak are domesticated creatures native to the North Pole that can be seen pulling carts and carrying riders in the Northern Water Tribe. The large gray and white animals have horns atop their heads that curve backwards, resembling those of a water buffalo or wildebeest. Their furry, hoofed legs and transportation use resemble those of a domesticated Yak.
Buzzard-Wasp
Buzzard-Wasps are a cross between the buzzard and the wasp. Their residence is on the Si Wong Rock, which is used by the Sandbenders to navigate through the desert. The fluid Buzzard-Wasps produce is akin to honey but has the flavor of "rotten penguin meat." This "honey" is possibly created from the carrion that the buzzard-wasps eat, in the same fashion bees make real honey from flower nectar. This would account for the rotten meat flavor.
Canyon Crawler
The Canyon Crawlers are large, dangerous animals that resemble a strange mix of crocodile and spider. The creatures primarily inhabit the canyon of The Great Divide, but their habitat widely extends throughout the arid terrain of the Western Earth Kingdom. They have eight eyes on either side of their faces, and forked tongues in a sharp-toothed jaw. Much like a traditional arachnid, Crawlers retain a two-segmented body made up of a cephalothorax and an abdomen, and their four skinny legs attach to this center body. With their arachnid characteristics, the canyon crawlers are able to run up sheer mountain walls, obviously earning them their name. The Canyon Crawlers also contain multiple sensitive nostrils, causing them to be easily attracted by the scent of food. Though Crawlers prefer live meat and their various useful features make them the perfect hunters, Canyon Crawlers primarily are omnivorous scavengers that are willing to eat whatever they can find. In the video game, they are the most powerful enemies.
Catgator
A large, seemingly domesticated, green reptile, the Catgator resembles a cross between a catfish and an alligator. Its large body is identical to that of an alligator, except for a fin that wraps around its tail, and small fins attached at the knees. Its mouth contains many sharp teeth inside a smoothly round head with barbell whiskers. The species most represented by the catfish gator is the channel catfish, noticed easily by the whiskers near their mouths.
The Foggy Swamp Tribe keeps Catgators as pets like one would a dog.
Cat Owl
The Cat Owl was first seen in a pet shop in Ba Sing Se. It has the head of a common house cat with the body shape and wings of an owl. Its white fur covers its head, upper torso, and claws that replace the owl talons. Its body resembles coloration as well as facial appearance creates an image of a Great Horned Owl. It has a tail, also furred, that is feline.
Dragon
Though only seen as a spirit or in a flashback (as Roku’s animal guide), the dragon of the Avatar world seems to be based mostly on the Chinese dragon, but with the inclusion of wings, a more common trait in the European dragon. Dragons can breathe fire, a fitting example in the Avatar world, as firebending comes from the breath. There seems to be many types of colors of dragons as seen in "The Earth King."
Dragonfly
The Dragonfly is a combination of the real life dragonfly and a generic lizard. Its long, slender, body is shaped to resemble a small lizard and has two pairs of wings that can grow up one meter in length on its back similar to a dragonfly. Unlike the indistinct recognition it has to a dragonfly though, it is much bigger and can be a nuisance like a regular fly.
Dragon Hawk
Though they exhibit the overall appearance of the fowl, Dragon hawks retain the characteristics of a homing pigeon with their innate ability to locate people and places, an abilitiy that was recognized centuries ago by Fire Nation citizens who originally kept them as pets. Trained specifically to deliver messages over long distances in metal containers attached to their talons, the birds now play a vital role in the Fire Nation military as they are an essential means of communication between its factions.
The Dragon Hawk was originally designed to be and served as Prince Zuko's pet in the unaired pilot. The hawk is subsequently displayed delivering messages in "The Blue Spirit" and "Return to Omashu".
Elbow Leech
An Elbow Leech is an oversized leech with a white dot on each of its large segments, though these dots may be light reflected off its body. They have apparently received their name due to their uncanny ability to attach specifically to the elbow of humans and possibly other bipedal animals. They do suck blood. It is unknown if they also have a mouth on the other side of their body as well, though it appears that they are able to latch on tight enough that it will require multiple pulls on the creature before it releases its grip.
Elephant Koi
Elephant Koi are huge orange and yellow koi fish that appear to be over forty feet long. The koi share no real similarities to elephants, and are most likely named due to their enormous size. Elephant Koi can be ridden if caught. Although Elephant Koi are large in size, they also are prey to the much larger Unagi. The koi are actually Kyoshi Island's main export, as fishermen commonly hunt them for food, blubber, and oil.
Elephant Rat
The Elephant Rat is a small black rodent with white patches around its eyes, though like most rats, its color may vary. The animal is identical to the common rat, aside from a small, trunk-like nose. The elephant rat was first seen scurrying around the prison in the city of Chin. Due to this location, the elephant rat probably acts like normal rats, hiding in dark places and locating scraps of uneaten food.
Flying Bison
Sometimes referred to as "Sky Bison," "Wind Buffalo," or "Air Bison," flying bison are ten-ton, six-legged crosses between a bison and a manatee. Aside from the extra pair of legs and their paws, flying bison share the appearance of an ordinary bison in head, body, and horn shape. Their noses resemble that of a beaver, though wider, and their tails are flat. The legs resemble those of an elephant, though pawed, and have digits that have been extended outward. Flying bison have naturally-grown, arrow-shaped patch of brown fur that runs to their tail. The Air Nomads honor the bison for teaching them Airbending by tattooing themselves with similar arrows when they have achieved mastery. Flying bison use their tails as a rudder of sorts when taking off or accelerating, as seen in the backshots of Aang's bison, Appa, when taking to the air. Flying bison are also capable of standing up on their back pair of legs for a short period of time. Their design was based off the Catbus due to the complication of drawing a six legged mammal.
Appa is the only known living flying bison and Aang's animal guide.
Flying Boar
The Flying Boar is little more than a boar with wings. In the Avatar world, the Flying Boar is the symbol of the Bei Fong family. A Flying Boar's appearance in a vision by Aang in the Foggy Swamp allowed him to locate Toph, the girl it was with in his vision. In our world the pigasus is a symbol of aspiration, a fitting symbol for one of the richest Earth Kingdom families.
It is possible that it is not a "real" animal, as it is only seen in a vision and in pictures associated with the Bei Fong family.
Giant Fly
The Giant Fly is an enormous brown-green insect that resembles an ordinary fruit fly with red eyes, translucent wings, and a fourth pair of legs. Its wings are abnormally small for the size of its body and it is unknown if it can actually fly. The Foggy Swamp Tribe enjoys them as food.
Gilacorn
A gila monster (poisonous lizard) equipped with a deadly unicorn-like horn. Gilacorns were once gigantic enough to threaten human inhabitants of the Si Wong Desert, but only their diminutive descendants survive today as just another scavenger species in the Desert.
A Gilacorn was briefly seen snatching an egg right under a hungry Appa's nose in "Appa's Lost Days".
Glow Fly
A Glow Fly is a small insect indistinguishable from the common house fly. However, once provoked, the glow fly emits a luminescent glow that can easily blind threats. It is unknown if the Glow Fly uses its glow to attract mates (like the firefly), but the light it produces is strong enough to be seen from a large distance. The glow seems to become active at the Glow Fly's will.
Goat Gorilla
The Goat Gorilla is a roughly ten foot tall combination of gorilla and goat, but shares many personality characteristics with a pet dog. It has a dark, primate-like face of a gorilla, with two enlarged lower canine teeth, and long, rabbit-like ears. Two massive forearms let the Goat Gorilla walk on all fours, and like the gorilla, the hands have opposable thumbs. The rest of their body looks mostly like the goat, with a humped back behind the head, hooved back legs, and two horns at the top of the head. The only known goat gorilla so far is Flopsie, King Bumi's pet. Flopsie has been known to lick his owner's face, has a very large tongue that sometimes hangs outside his mouth, and enjoys getting his belly rubbed.
When Omashu was taken over by the Fire Nation, Flopsie was used as a slave; his strength was used to move heavy objects.
Hog Monkey
The Hog Monkey’s resemblance to a hog comes mostly from its face, which is dark skinned with a pug nose and snout. It also has two tusks coming from its lower jaw. Like the hybrid creatures found at Lee's farm, the Hog Monkey makes grunts like a baboon howl combined with a pig squeal. The Hog Monkey has red eyes with a monkey body mostly resembling that of a baboon. The lower half of their body is covered with hair that is less thick than the upper portion. They appear in the video game as weak enemies.
Hybrid Pigs
Hybrid Pigs include the Wooly-pig (sheep pig), Moo-sow (cow pig), Picken (chicken pig), Pigster (rooster pig), and Deer-pig.
Most likely used in commercial farming, these animals all resemble their respective animal but with pig heads that blend with the rest of their bodies' colorings. Their legs are short and hooved like those of a pig. The deer pig has the same bushy tail and large antlers as a deer. Each type talks with a combination of their animals' traditional noise, including the Pigster, which clucks and oinks simultaneously.
Koalaotter
The Koalaotter is a hybrid of a koala and a sea otter. Aside from the koala head and color, the koalaotter looks and acts like an otter. First seen in the frozen waters of the North Pole, the Koalaotter likes to lazily backstroke in the frozen water using its tail, which resembles an otter tail with the flatness of a beaver tail.
Komodo Rhino
The Komodo Rhino is a cross between a komodo dragon and a rhinoceros. It has a large frontal horn at its nose and two more growing out the side of its head by its ears. Its tail and mouth are reptilian, and it has clawed feet. Due to their three horns and predominantly reptilian appearance, they bear a great resemblance to the triceratops from the late Cretaceous. The Fire Nation uses these rhinos in the war as cavalry, often decorating them in red. They are enemies ridden by Firebenders in the video game.
Mongoose Dragon
The Mongoose Dragon is a giant lizard that is very similar to a plumed basilisk in its markings and raised chest, as well as a few plumed areas of skin above the head. It has bright yellow eyes and can be mounted for travel. Like the plumed basilisk, the mongoose dragon can run over water on its hind legs for short distances across water. The mongoose half of the name comes not only from the creature’s ears, but also from its elongated face (similar to that of the long-nosed cusimanse). Mongoose Dragons were domesticated from the Fire Nation's tropical jungles.
Mongoose dragons have been used as mounts by Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee.
