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Anthro Sharksby =Laitiel

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_{Tiger Sharks - hybrids/anthros, combination of human and shark DNA (cuz I can lol)...been messing with the idea lately (yep that's how I study for my state exams...sigh)

So here's a sketch and some info for the illustration of the species.

Female (left) & Male (right)

Can be distinguished by the length of their 'hair' (which are actually prolonged stripes of their skin/scales)

Females have thicker skin - hence the short hair. (evolutionary enhancement in sharks due to their sometimes violent mating habits (males tend to bite...)

Because of mammalian genes females are usually the same size or a bit smaller than males unlike their shark counterpart (where females are bigger).

Their size also depends on age (not as much as in sharks but still) - young female is considerably smaller than much older male

Even though they reproduce similarly to mammals females do not have mammaries. Their offsprings are able to eat solid food from their birth

Females tend to group together and segregate from males. Rarely, there are mixed groups (females do tolerate males if they 'behave'). Males are usually loners, sometimes make packs of several individuals.

They are very intelligent even though they live in more primitive (animal-like) way.

They are not able to speak due to atrophied vocal cords. Though they are able to make other sounds if air is present in their lungs (yes they have both gills and (reduced)lungs).

Among themselves they can communicate through electric impulses similarly to electric fish

More sharks:

~by my friend =Fan-the-little-demon :3

anthro sharks (concept of this species) © =Laitiel}

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~SkyeFury Apr 23, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

hey, mind if I use these in my original story?
I´ll keep the appearance, just change their habits & such
Don´t worry, I´ll give credit

=Laitiel Apr 23, 2013

Uh. I do mind actually.

Sorry. This is my original race for my original story.

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~Anieyu Apr 5, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

What happened to this picture? It used to not have that crappy black around it.

=Laitiel Apr 5, 2013

Try fullsize. DA seems to have a problem with transparent png background, again.

~Anieyu Apr 5, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Ah. Much better. ^.^

~Anieyu Apr 5, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Silly DA go home you're drunk XD

~geckofeet Mar 17, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

The concept of this is really interesting, I like it! It's very original, keep it up

~CASANDRAGUIMAUVE Mar 11, 2013 Student General Artist

LOL when I read the female one is on the left I was WHAT IS NOT TWO MALE ? O_O but after read what you said about the race I understand why the female have not BOOBBIIEEEESSS LOL ahahahahahaha^^ it<s realy interesting I love them^^

~THEINVINCIBLEPHANTOM Dec 31, 2012

Long tails are always cool.

~Letashi Dec 10, 2012

This is so incredible! It's really awesome when u explain the biology. I have no idea what it means but it sounds like it makes sense. Incredible!

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